City of Albuquerque and elementary school fall victim of same scam

ALBUQUERUQE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque is out of hundreds of thousands of dollars after it fell for a fraud scheme.
The state auditor’s office says thieves posed as vendors and tricked a city employee into sending them at least $400,000.
The worker thought the city owed the vendor that money.
The state auditor said San Antonio elementary, near Socorro lost $200,000 because of the same scam.
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