(KRON) – A Fremont business was scammed out of six figures, according to the Fremont Police Department.

On May 28, Fremont police officers began working on a fraud investigation regarding a manufacturing business on Fremont Boulevard. The business was emailed by a vendor scammer who asked the business to change the bank account information on file for the vendor. The fraudsters then stole the funds the business sent.

Police said the business took a loss of approximately $180,000.

According to CIBC Bank, here are the warning signs of vendor fraud: • The vendor uses a P.O. box mailing address • Payment requests have no supported documentation • The vendor claims that a payment was missed, and they need it immediately • The email contains misspellings within the body of the request

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