Scam Type
Phishing Scam
Business Name Used
Phishing – Coworker Impostor Scam
Date Reported
August 15, 2024
Postal Code
20176
Total Dollars Lost
$ 1893
Scam Description
On June 3rd, 2024 a scammer emailed the owner/founder of the mental health group private practice I work for.
They pretended to be me. They directly emailed ******* (owner of company) pretending to be me. They sent her two emails, which she later forwarded to me. One saying that I needed to update my bank account information. The second one including the bank account information to be changed.
As my payment for direct deposit did not go through on July 5th, I immediately reached out to ******* who confirmed nothing changed with my account or direct deposit information.
On Monday July 8th is when she forwarded me emails back from June 3rd of the person pretending to be me. So the funds on July 5th were sent to the fake account the scammer sent to *******.
******* and Quickbooks claimed the money wasn’t able to be deposited due to the status of the bank account being “closed”. But ******* later shared with me via voice messages through iphone, that it did look like the money was deposited into the fake persons account.
I tried filing a police report because someone was pretending to be me. However, they said I couldn’t. and that because her business was attacked, she needed to file it.
I did share that information with her and I am not sure if she filed a police report. I would like this investigated if possible because some additional things have transpired that have been odd. I wonder if this happened to any of her other 1099 contractors as well.
