Victim Location 30477
Type of a scam Business Email Compromise
impersonating my boss by asking me to purchase gift cards and send them card info. Below I’ve attached the original email and the thread. I noticed the bogus mail address when they requested the amounts.
Original:
From: *** Cooper
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 12:52 PM
To: *** Subject: RE: Urgent
***,
I need you to purchase some Gift Cards (Google Play/Best Buy/Target) from the store. We intend to reward some staff members with Gift cards today.
Let me know how soon you can get this done and which of the gift cards you can easily buy at the store.
Thanks, *** —
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On 2019-02-21 9:17 am, *** wrote:
Ms. ***,
I just saw your email and I apologize. If you would still like me to run get some, just let me know how many cards and for what dollar amount. My cell # . Feel free to call me or text anytime. ***
Purchasing ***,
Purchase the following.
Best Buy (2 @ $500)
Google Play (2 @ $500)
Once you get the 4 cards, scratch the back out and send me the picture message showing the pin and keep the physical cards till I request for them.
Thanks,
*** —
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THE REST:
From: *** Cooper
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 11:00 AM
To: *** Subject: Re: Urgent ***,
Have you gotten the gift cards?
Thanks,
*** —
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On 2019-02-21 11:25 am, *** wrote:
Headed to get them now.
From: *** Cooper
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 11:40 AM
To: *** *** Subject: Re: Urgent
Okay.
Thanks, ***
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On 2019-02-21 12:11 pm, *** wrote:
This store sucks! They didn’t have best buy but they had 10 google play cards (pre valued at $50 each). Any suggestions?
Thanks
From: *** Cooper
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 12:13 PM
To: *** *** Subject: Re: Urgent
***,
Target or Apple store cards available?
Thanks, ***
On 2019-02-21 12:16 pm, *** Wrote:
Apple store in $20 increments.
***,
Okay buy the Google play equivalent and Apple store as well.
Thanks,
*** —
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