Japan Airlines bilked out of JPY384m after getting bogus emails seeking lease fees
Japan Airlines said Wednesday it has been defrauded out of JPY384m (US$3.4m) after receiving emails earlier this year that called for the payments of lease fees and commissions into bank accounts in Hong Kong. JAL has reported the cases to Japanese police, while also considering reprimanding relevant officials for failing to sufficiently verify the emails. In September, the airline received an email purporting to be from a US financial services company that had been leasing aircraft to JAL. As requested by the email, JAL paid around JPY360m into a bank account in Hong Kong for a 3-month lease of an airplane, rather than a US bank account that had been used for previous payments. JAL also paid some JPY24m in commissions into a different Hong Kong account disguised as being from a US logistics company. <br/>
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Japan Airlines bilked out of JPY384m after getting bogus emails seeking lease fees
Japan Airlines said Wednesday it has been defrauded out of JPY384m (US$3.4m) after receiving emails earlier this year that called for the payments of lease fees and commissions into bank accounts in Hong Kong. JAL has reported the cases to Japanese police, while also considering reprimanding relevant officials for failing to sufficiently verify the emails. In September, the airline received an email purporting to be from a US financial services company that had been leasing aircraft to JAL. As requested by the email, JAL paid around JPY360m into a bank account in Hong Kong for a 3-month lease of an airplane, rather than a US bank account that had been used for previous payments. JAL also paid some JPY24m in commissions into a different Hong Kong account disguised as being from a US logistics company. <br/>
