Monday, October 22, 2007

Phishers (Almost) Scam Grocery Giant Out of $10M

Jaikumar Vijayan writes on ComputerWorld:

Apparently it's not just unwary individuals that fall victim to online scammers. Even large corporations, it seems, can get suckered into parting with their money by devious phishers.

Case in point: Eden Prairie, MN.-based grocery chain Supervalu Inc., which earlier this year got conned into depositing more than $10 million into two fraudulent bank accounts before recognizing the ruse. Details of the case are contained in court documents filed in connection with two forfeiture cases stemming from the incident.

More here.

posted by Fergie @ 10/22/2007 05:13:00 PM

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