FLASH — Beware of Cyberspace Thiefs!
July 28th, 2007 Reno Real Estate Terry
It just freaks me out — really, but last week we were reviewing our business account online and WHAM, we were hit with thousands of dollars of checks written on our account.
The problem was THAT ALTHOUGH ALL OF THE CHECKS WERE WRITTEN FROM “CAPITAL CITY INVESTMENTS” (our real estate company), THE COMPANY — nor anyone here — HADN’T WRITTEN ANY OF THEM!!!!!
We had been ripped off by a contemporary band of cyberspace thieves!
Actually, WE STILL DON’T KNOW HOW THEY DID IT, but there as bold as day on the computer screen were a series of printed checks from Capital City Investments made out to assorted individuals that had been cashed by grocery stores and other retail establishments in Las Vegas.Â
The fraud team from the bank is still investigating the nearly identical checks that contained every detail about the account printed on them (except for an unnamed minor, tiny AND SO VERY IMPORTANT DETAIL that helped in the investigation).
In today’s cyberspace world there doesn’t appear to be a safe haven against these thieves. The bank’s idea was to close the account and begin again (another nightmare for businesses with assorted automatic withdrawals). This was almost an episode for “These Ladies Mean Business,” but there’s nothing amusing about it.
HAS THIS HAPPENED TO YOU?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO PREVENT IT…OR FIGHT IT?
