But then came the rude awakening: Wellhäßer couldn’t find the 25,000 euros had been received and informed the buyer about it. As it turned out, she had Farmer transferred the money to an incorrect IBAN. Criminals apparently intercepted the email and changed the account number. According to the “Schwäbischer Zeitung”, the injured party reported the fraud to the Volksbank and to the bank where the 25,000 euros must have been received: a Dutch bank that is based in Germany and therefore offers accounts with a German IBAN.
Despite checking the technology by experts who found no defects, the fraudsters managed again Send fake IBAN. The agricultural machinery dealer sent another email with the invoice to the farmer – and again it arrived with a changed IBAN.