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‘Scattered Canary’ BEC Scams Aim At US Firms

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The scam involves communications from fraudsters impersonating company officials, suppliers or vendors, instructing unwitting victims to wire funds to accounts they have set up. The group’s genesis traces to West Africa in 2008, where Craigslist was used as a conduit to send counterfeit checks.