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Harpswell Loses $189,199 to Vendor Payment Scam
Officials said Harpswell staff sent fraudulent payment instructions that diverted $189,199, and local and federal authorities are investigating.
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Midcoast town scammed out of $190K by someone posing as vendor
Make a gift in honor of the good that comes from BDN journalism in your hands, and help raise $60,000 this spring to support our reporting. Make a donation now. The town of Harpswell has been targeted by a “cybersecurity fraud incident” in which town staff issued a large payment of nearly $190,000 to a scammer posing as a legitimate vendor, town officials have said. “The town recently became the victim of a fraud scheme in which it received fra…
·Bangor, United States
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