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In late April, the department was targeted by cybercriminals. $220,000 that was set aside for a down payment for two brand new ambulances, suddenly vanished when someone impersonated a vendor that RVFD has been working with.
During the wire transfer process, someone intercepted the email thread and slightly changed the bank routing number.
“Gave false instructions on where to send the money. So if you looked at it and followed the string, you’d have to look very very closely to see that one letter was changed in the email string. The email string continued for a while. We made the wire and five days went by and our vendor said hey you gonna finish that wire we were on the phone with,” said Bernard.
During the wire transfer process, someone intercepted the email thread and slightly changed the bank routing number.
“Gave false instructions on where to send the money. So if you looked at it and followed the string, you’d have to look very very closely to see that one letter was changed in the email string. The email string continued for a while. We made the wire and five days went by and our vendor said hey you gonna finish that wire we were on the phone with,” said Bernard.
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