By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
SALINA —A different kind of computer scam struck a business in Salina's south industrial area.
A human resources employee received an email she believed to be from an employee wanting to change the bank in which his paycheck was deposited, according to Sheriff Roger Soldan.
The email included all pertinent account information for the new bank.
When payday came, however, and the 61-year-old employee reported that he had not been paid, it was discovered that he also had not requested to switch banks. Instead, a scammer had spoofed the employee's email account and had the paycheck routed to a bank account the scammer set up. The incident was reported to the Saline County Sheriff's Office on Monday.
Soldan said the company went paid the employee, but is out the $1,257 that went to the scammer. The company also changed its policy for change requests from employees, eliminating the use of email in such requests.