Thruvision

Victim Location 20147

Type of a scam Business Email Compromise

Today I was contacted by an individual posing to be the CEO of my international company. He initially contacted me through email asking for my cell #. Thinking it was my actual CEO from the UK, I responded with my number. The text I received from the person pretending to be my boss requested that I go to a store and purchase $700 worth of Google Play gift cards. They then asked that I scratch off each code and send them pictures of the code before leaving the store. This immediately led me to believe I was not communicating with my CEO, but with a scammer. I stopped responding and no money reached the scammer. I am a recent hire at my company and this is not the first time scammers have targeted a new employee at Thruvision.