MANSFIELD — Mansfield’s finance director, Kelly Converse, is sharing with us the harrowing tale of how the city was almost spoofed out of nearly three-quarters of a million dollars.

“We lost sleep, the stress level was incredibly high, and it was like, 'How did we miss it?'” said Converse.

It started with an email pretending to be from the CFO of a trusted vendor.

“The treasury manager and the assistant finance director both received the same email. It eventually wound up from both places to the AP specialist, and she is the one in charge of updating vendor records, and she oversees the accounts payable process,” said Converse.

The email asked to update some banking information, and it appeared to come from a construction company the city regularly does business with. The request bypas

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