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Kentucky payroll phishing scam nets small fortune

kissingthecarpet

They were either naive or desperate for dosh 

or both, to sign up for forwarding cash like that(using your own account!) - its so obviously bent, like someone asking you to "carry something through Customs". If you want to wire people money, you don't normally need to hire people to do it for you, do you? Unless, of course, you've got something to hide......

TW Burger

Who To Blame? 

Unhappy

Will it be the county treasurer who was cruising the internet and opening email of dubious origin, the IT manager who failed to enforce security protocols, the IT kid who didn't update the AV software, the two women who didn't use the "too good to be true" rule, Career Builder for not doing a basic check of clients, or all eastern Europeans who will be the scapegoats in this mess?

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