Jan 29 / Admin

Victim: Detroit Public Library falls victim of $685,000 scam

CBS Detroit reported: 

The Detroit Public Library was targeted in a wire fraud scam that ended up costing the library hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The scammers stole $685,221.64. Of the amount recovered for the library was $277,795.09. The total amount lost was $407,426.55.

According to Detroit's Office of the Chief Financial Officer, someone hacked a library employee's email and convinced the city to transfer money to an unknown account.

Where? That hasn't been disclosed.


Read more in the original article here.

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