Shabret Consulting

Victim Location 83705

Type of a scam Fake Invoice/Supplier Bill

I received an email that appeared to be from my supervisor asking that I set up a wire transfer to pay for consulting services on an attached invoice. (My Supervisor was out of the office at the time and the email request was in keeping with other types of request I have gotten from him). Email was signed by my supervisor and used terminology that was consistent with other emails he writes and had his name in the email name (I didn’t notice that the email address didn’t match the normal email address he uses). Invoice had all our work place name, address, and one of our email addresses on it and had complete instructions for the wire transfer. I had an exchange of emails to verify information so someone was actively monitoring the request. Fortunately, my supervisor got to the office before the request for the transfer was completed and I learned he had not sent me the email or responded to the questions I had asked. I was able to terminate the process so did not incur a loss.