Employees at F.W. Madigan, a Worcester construction contractor, regularly receive suspicious emails from their superiors.
The problem is, the emails aren’t really from their bosses, and the messages are scams – attempts at tricking an employee into wiring money to someone, giving tax information or buying gift cards on their behalf.
“I’ve had a bunch of them,” said Dennis Serocki, F.W. Madigan’s controller, who handles much of the small company’s information technology matters. “Email – it’s very, very dangerous.”
F.W. Madigan is not alone.
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Dennis Serocki at Worcester construction firm F.W. Madigan regularly reminds employees to be careful with web security.