Typo-Squatting Scammers Con South Carolina Town Out of $545K

利用域名拼写错误行骗的欺诈者骗取南卡罗来纳州一城镇54.5万美元

来源: wpde.com | 主题: Crime | 评论: 17

时间: on Sunday July 26, 2026 @10:34AM

It started with some underground utility work for the South Carolina town of Surfside Beach (population: 4,155). "Public records confirm that a payment of $545,598.30 was issued," according to a local news station — but the CEO of Wildcat Contractors "stated that the account that received the money is a scammer account and that his company has an overdue invoice for underground utility work completed in Surfside Beach." Yahoo picks up the story : After the payment issue surfaced, Wildcat said Surfside Beach sent over the email thread containing the payment confirmation. The company told WMBF it noticed multiple red flags in the chain. One involved an email address where "Wildcat" appeared with an extra "i." Another involved documents that the company said included a forged signature taken

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