With the world making digital advancements at a rapid pace, online scams and frauds have also taken up a huge space on the internet. Often we have witnessed people becoming a victim of several schemes and scams but this time it’s all different.
US-based scammer deprives ICC of $2.5 million
According to the latest reports, the global governing body of cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC) got scammed last year and reportedly, lost about $2.5 million. Apparently, the scammer was located in the US from where the fraud actually originated.
Reportedly, the scammer acted as a vendor of the ICC, used an email ID nearly similar to the ICC’s official email address and emailed the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for a payment that was apparently ‘due.’
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“It is not yet known exactly what route the fraudsters took”
Soon after the huge loss, ICC initiated an internal investigation into the matter and also reported it to law enforcement agencies in the US. However, no one in the ICC knows the exact manner in which the fraud took place.
Speaking on the matter, ICC stated, “It is not yet known exactly what route the fraudsters took to get the money transferred from the ICC account, whether they got in touch directly with someone at the head office in Dubai, or had targeted an ICC vendor or consultant”
“It is also not confirmed whether the transaction was done in one single payment or there were multiple wire transfers”,the statement ended.
Well, who would have thought that someday ICC will fall prey to an online scam but here we are!
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