Barbara Corcoran appears on this week’s episode of “Red Table Talk” titled “How Not to Be Scammed”, a segment on sophisticated scammers to help viewers protect their money and identity.
During the episode, airing this Wednesday, the real estate expert and “Shark Tank” star recalls a time she almost lost a huge amount of money, within just a few emails, when she was targeted by a highly sophisticated financial fraudster. READ MORE: Twitter Praises Ana Navarro’s Reaction To Barbara Corcoran Body-Shaming Whoopi Goldberg Live On ‘The View’ “My accountant got an email from my secretary authorizing a $400,000 transfer of funds,” Corcoran tells hosts Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris. “I invest in a lot of property, I renovate property, so it seemed like a normal kind of thing.
It wasn’t out of the norm. The money went out — a wire transfer to Germany, out it went. READ MORE: ‘Inventing Anna’ Scammer Anna Sorokin Says She ‘Never Intended Criminally To Harm Anybody’ The 73-year-old business mogul explains, “It wasn’t until my accountant set a confirmation to my real secretary saying, ‘Hey we’re confirming this one last time.’ Right there, boom!
I learned that I was hit by a scammer.” For more with real-life fraud victims and experts, watch Emmy-winning “Red Table Talk” on June 22 on Facebook Watch.
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