The fraudster sent e-mails to our broker from 'vv,'rather than 'w'). The fraudster sent e-mails to our broker, pretending to be a McGowan employee, from the phony internet domain mentioned above, notifying our broker that McGowan changed its banking institution and its ACH account details. What is the difference between the two internet domains? The fraudster used the letter 'v' twice in its phony internet domain to resemble the letter 'w' in McGowan's real internet domain.Ģ. The phony internet domain set up by the fraudster was: McGowan's real internet domain is: The fraud in the phony internet domain is brilliant and barely perceptible. The fraudster set up a phony internet domain, designed to closely resemble McGowan's real internet domain. Below, we describe 'How the Fraud Occurred' and 'How to Prevent EFT Cyber Fraud.' How the Fraud Occurredġ. Recently, one of our brokers was the victim of a clever 'cyber fraud' scheme involving a phony EFT request.
This is an e-mail received from McGowan, one of our Managing General Agency Partners.
