Cyber ​​fraud: Employees trick cashers for tens of thousands of euros!

Cyber ​​fraud: Employees trick cashers for tens of thousands of euros!

Kärnten, Österreich - A blatant fraud caused excitement in a company. On December 6th, the cashier received an email that apparently came from an employee. A new bank details for a business partner were given. The sender address and the text of the message looked so authentic that the cashier transferred several ten thousand euros to the specified account. Only when the business partner asked for the outstanding payment did the fraud noticed. A review showed that the email was never sent-the perpetrator had manipulated the sender address so that the message appeared really. When the cashier wanted to answer the email, he discovered the fake address. In this case, the police are now investigating cybercrime, while companies are urgently warned to make payments only after the sender and account details, as well as click-kaernten.at reported.

e-mail king as a solution?

The phenomena of this fraud are all the more pressing when you look at the challenges of current email communication. Robert Nehring emphasizes that many office workers are faced with a flood of emails. This can lead to the necessary care is often neglected when writing emails, which can have fatal consequences. Studies show that the average employee spends around 13 hours a week with editing its email mailbox. This means that every letter must be well thought out to prevent such incidents. The correct handling of emails plays a central role. Nehring gives many tips for professional communication by email, such as checking the subject and avoiding distractions that should serve as a gripped guidelines for email traffic, such as Office-roxx.de explained.