As stated in my March 14th blog this year, impostor scams was named the # 1 type of fraud in 2016, according to  the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel project . Fraudsters have become more partial to these type schemes because they take minimal effort, the likelihood of getting caught is marginal and they are extremely lucrative. The video below details the scenario of a case I worked on last year involving an email account compromise. FraudSense with Dorothy video segment 5:   Scammed: I sent the down payment for my new house to a crook The couple in the video were unable to close on their house because due to an email impostor scam, they wired their $25,000 down payment to a crook. Bad actors are extremely clever.  Equipped with enough background information on their victims, they skillfully orchestrate believable email messages sent from the hacked or spoofed email accounts of the victim's true acquaintances.  They target businesses and individuals ali