James O'Keefe says Project Veritas was scammed out of $165k by hackers.

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NEW: James O’Keefe says Project Veritas was scammed out of $165k by hackers.

O’Keefe also said someone is sending the group $50k donations and then asking for refunds, forcing Project Veritas to pay transaction fees over and over.

Project Veritas says hackers scammed it out of $165,000
Project Veritas announced on Monday that it was scammed out of $165,000 after being targeted by hackers who impersonated lawyers.
dailydot.com
10:27 AM · Sep 13, 2021

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/project-of-veritas-says-hackers-scammed-it-out-of-165000/

Project Veritas announced on Monday that it was defrauded out of $165,000 after being targeted by hackers.

James O’Keefe, the group’s founder, said that scammers posing as the group’s attorneys were able to convince his team to transfer funds out of their bank account.

“So we received an invoice for $165,000 from a few of our attorneys and we intended to pay that invoice so we set up wire transfers for payment,” O’Keefe says. “Within an hour the lawyers reached out to us asking us to pay the invoice via a new account they had set up.”

O’Keefe further claims that the hackers appeared to be monitoring his correspondence with his actual attorneys before interjecting with a similar-looking email account.


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Darn. That’s a shame. 🤣

[we can do it]

1. Yeah right. Look in their personal accounts.

[Budi]

2. 😂

[malaise]

4. Good

Get thee to the greatest page

[marmar]

5. Cue the orchestra....

[onecaliberal]

6. Couldn't happen to nicer people.

[underpants]

7. Hilarious. Sounds like someone got stung.

[Sneederbunk]

8. Imagine that. O'Keefe a victim of dirty tactics.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Was it a Nigerian prince?

[catbyte]

10. ...

[madinmaryland]

11. Grifters getting grifted by grifters! Too fucking funny!

[Comfortably_Numb]

12. The karma is palpable.so glad the grifter got robbed.

[spanone]

13. these clowns are always the poor victims

fuckem

[Blue Owl]

14. Womp Womp

It was probably John Barron who did the scamming....

[Whiskeytide]

15. Hmmm. I suspect this is an insurance scam ...

… being run by O’Keefe. He doesn’t seem the type to admit publicly that he was scammed unless it’s part of the play.

[Progressive Jones]

20. THANK YOU !!! nt

[struggle4progress]

16. "(1) Hack into your own website. (2) Steal $165K from yourself. And

(3) Send out a new round of fundraising letters!"

[BlueIdaho]

17. Karma is a bitch

Ain’t it Jimmy?

[Me.]

18. I Don'r Believe A Word He Says

He didn't confirm with his attorneys, ask for an invoice? What a bunch of hooey.

[questionseverything]

19. Ain't that a shame, my tears fell like rain

Not

😉

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. This makes me smile

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22. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

Oh, and