Jax TDY reported:
County documents show that the issue began in July, when staff thought they were working with a construction company in Loxahatchee. But the contact’s email was unusual — @dbehdd.co — and not a proper “.com” as a real company would have. It appears the hacker was using a fake email address to assume a real company’s online identity.
The false company emailed the county, saying that “we are not accepting check payments due to unclear/bounced checks from some of our clients.” The fake contact also said they wanted to streamline their financial processing, so she requested the digital transfer of money, and the county sent a payment of more than $551,000.
Documents provided by St. Johns County show a second payment of more than $612,000 was sent to the bogus company in September. Then the real company, with a proper “.com” email address, alerted the county that it had received no money on the contract.
County documents show that the issue began in July, when staff thought they were working with a construction company in Loxahatchee. But the contact’s email was unusual — @dbehdd.co — and not a proper “.com” as a real company would have. It appears the hacker was using a fake email address to assume a real company’s online identity.
The false company emailed the county, saying that “we are not accepting check payments due to unclear/bounced checks from some of our clients.” The fake contact also said they wanted to streamline their financial processing, so she requested the digital transfer of money, and the county sent a payment of more than $551,000.
Documents provided by St. Johns County show a second payment of more than $612,000 was sent to the bogus company in September. Then the real company, with a proper “.com” email address, alerted the county that it had received no money on the contract.
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