Man stole $100 million from Facebook and Google just by sending them . . . A man scammed Facebook and Google into sending him over $100 million by sending them emails asking them for money Well, it's not quite that simple, but it certainly was a bold - yet effective - method in conning the two tech companies out of a staggering total of $122 million - until he got caught that is
Man stole $122 million from tech giants by sending random bills? No . . . He and his associates opened a company with the name of a legitimate supplier to Google and Facebook, sent phishing emails redirecting money owed to that company to his bank accounts, wired the money across the world, and forged documents to get banks to accept the funds