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as informed in Now, thanks to Fortune, we know the identity of those companies: Facebook and Google . In other words, even tech giants like Facebook and Google fall for email scams. The US Department of Justice last month announced details of a $100 million "fraudulent email compromise scheme" against two unnamed "multinational internet companies." The fraudster allegedly registered and incorporated a company in Latvia that "bore the same name as an Asian-based computer hardware manufacturer" with whom the US tech giants did business. Neither Facebook nor Google immediately responded to PCMag's request for comment.
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Over a two-year span, the corporate imposter convinced accounting departments at the two tech companies to make transfers worth tens of millions of dollars. The HeistIn 2013, a 40-something Lithuanian named Evaldas Rimasauskas allegedly hatched an elaborate scheme to defraud U.S. tech companies. Company 1 and Company 2Quanta Computer, which has founded in Taiwan in 1988, is a major supplier of parts to U.S. tech companies. A review of public records from Facebook ( fb ) and Google ( googl ) indicate neither company has disclosed the wire fraud incident at all. In response to an email from Fortune , Facebook confirmed it was one of the victims of the fraud.
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as informed in Now, thanks to Fortune, we know the identity of those companies: Facebook and Google . In other words, even tech giants like Facebook and Google fall for email scams. The US Department of Justice last month announced details of a $100 million "fraudulent email compromise scheme" against two unnamed "multinational internet companies." The fraudster allegedly registered and incorporated a company in Latvia that "bore the same name as an Asian-based computer hardware manufacturer" with whom the US tech giants did business. Neither Facebook nor Google immediately responded to PCMag's request for comment.
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Over a two-year span, the corporate imposter convinced accounting departments at the two tech companies to make transfers worth tens of millions of dollars. The HeistIn 2013, a 40-something Lithuanian named Evaldas Rimasauskas allegedly hatched an elaborate scheme to defraud U.S. tech companies. Company 1 and Company 2Quanta Computer, which has founded in Taiwan in 1988, is a major supplier of parts to U.S. tech companies. A review of public records from Facebook ( fb ) and Google ( googl ) indicate neither company has disclosed the wire fraud incident at all. In response to an email from Fortune , Facebook confirmed it was one of the victims of the fraud.
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