1 – Watch out for wire fraud.
2 – Confirm everything.
3 – Question things that don’t seem quite right.
4 – We have seen and heard of this scam at some of our Nest offices (one of the benefits of having a growing reach).
5 – Read the whole story (no longer available).
From Minnesota (no longer available): (thanks, Erin for the heads up about this story!)
A Minnesota couple lost more than $200,000 in a sophisticated email scam authorities say is sweeping the country.
Email records reviewed by KARE 11 reveal the scam may have connections overseas.“People in other countries are using our system – our banking system – to rob U.S. citizens,” says Steve Tadevich.
Authorities say what happened to Tadevich and his wife should be a warning to anyone who uses email or does some of their banking online.
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