Crime & Safety
Fake Vendors Scam $180K From Bay Area Business: Police
An email was sent to the business posing as a vendor.
FREMONT, CA — A manufacturing business in Fremont was scammed for over six figures two weeks ago, police said.
On May 28, Fremont Police Department officers investigated a fraud report at a business on the 47900 block of Fremont Boulevard.
Police said the business received an email posing as one of their vendors, asking to change the bank account information on file.
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The business then paid the vendor using the new account information and the funds were routed to the suspects account, police said.
The total loss was around $180,000.
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Police said scammers will “spoof” real phone numbers and email addresses to make them seem more legitimate.
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