US prosecutors have charged a Lithuanian man with engaging in an email fraud scheme in which he bilked Attack.Phishing two US-based companies out of more than US $ 100 million by posing as Attack.Phishing an Asian hardware vendor . Evaldas Rimasauskas , 48 , was arrested late last week by Lithuanian authorities , Manhattan federal prosecutors said on Tuesday . Rimasauskas does not yet have legal counsel , a spokesman for the prosecutors said . The alleged scheme is an example of a growing type of fraud called “ business email compromise Attack.Phishing ” , in which fraudsters ask for money using emails targeted at companies that work with foreign suppliers or regularly make wire transfers . It is a variation on the common “phishing” scam Attack.Phishing , but on a massive scale . The FBI said last June that since October 2013 , US and foreign victims have made 22,143 complaints about business email compromise scams Attack.Phishing involving requests for almost US $ 3.1 billion in transfers . In an indictment unsealed on Tuesday , prosecutors said that to carry out his scheme , which they said began around 2013 or earlier , Rimasauskas registered a company in Latvia with the same name as an Asian computer hardware manufacturer . He then sent Attack.Phishing emails to employees of the two unnamed victim companies , described as Attack.Phishing multinational internet firms , asking them to wire money that they actually owed to the Asian company to the sham Latvian company ’ s accounts , prosecutors said . The victim companies are described as Attack.Phishing a multinational technology company and a multinational social media company . After they wired money to Rimasauskas ’ s Latvian company , Rimasauskas quickly transferred the funds to different accounts around the world , including in Latvia , Cyprus , Slovakia , Lithuania , Hungary and Hong Kong , prosecutors said . In order to conceal his fraud from banks that handled the transfers , Rimasauskas forged Attack.Phishing invoices , contracts and letters purportedly signed by executives at the two victim companies , according to prosecutors . Rimasauskas is charged with wire fraud and money laundering , which each carry a maximum prison sentence of 20 years , and identify theft , which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of two years . Acting US Attorney Joon H. Kim said : “ From half a world away , Evaldas Rimasauskas allegedly targeted multinational internet companies and tricked Attack.Phishing their agents and employees into wiring over US $ 100 million to overseas bank accounts under his control . “ This case should serve as a wake-up call to all companies – even the most sophisticated – that they too can be victims of phishing attacks Attack.Phishing by cyber criminals . ”

LinkedIn users are being warned to be on their guard following a rise in reports of attacks being distributed via email designed to trick Attack.Phishing job seekers into sharing their personal details . Scammers have spammed out email messages posing as Attack.Phishing communications from LinkedIn , claiming that a company is “ urgently seeking ” workers matching your qualifications in “ your region ” . It would be nice to think that recipients of the bogus message would spot a number of warning signals as soon as they open the communication in their email inbox . But there ’ s always a chance that someone eager to find new employment might – in their haste – not notice that the messages As HelpNetSecurity describes , if anyone was careless enough to follow Attack.Phishing the email ’ s advice and click on the link contained within the message – they would be taken Attack.Phishing to a third-party website where they are instructed to upload their CVs , making it child ’ s play for scammers to harvest the information . Just think of some of the personal information that you include in your CV or resume . Before you know it , a scammer might have your full name , date of birth , work and home email addresses , work and home telephone numbers , and all manner of other personal information that could be abused by scammers . At the simplest level such data breaches Attack.Databreach could lead to a rise in targeted spam attacks , or scam phone calls . But it could also be a stepping stone to more damaging business email compromise Attack.Phishing ( also often known as “ CEO fraud ” ) which has resulted , in some cases , in companies losing tens of millions of dollars . Anything which gives online criminals inside information about you and your position within a company could give them the head start they need to launch a targeted attack that could lead to a significant data breach Attack.Databreach or a substantial financial loss . In short , being careless with your personal information – such as your CV – might not just put your career in jeopardy , it could also ultimately endanger the company you work for . And that ’ s certainly not going to ever look good on your CV .