A California city got conned out of nearly $1 million after scammers posed as a construction company, then impersonated a city employee to make sure the bogus payment went through.
Pittsburg wired $913,000 on Feb. 12 to an account it believed belonged to Discovery Builders Inc., the company behind the city’s planned Dream Courts sports and recreation complex.
Officials didn’t realize the money was gone until five days later, when the real builder asked where the payment was.
The scam hinged on a tiny email alteration: A fake Discovery Builders address contained an extra lowercase “L,” according to court records.
The fraudsters then allegedly…
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