By Roberta Baker

The Laconia Daily Sun

The call came Monday to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office from an employee of a business in the North Country, which had been targeted by a particularly invasive scam.

A con artist had viewed the company’s website, which listed names of employees and their email addresses, then pretended to be the owner, asking each employee to make a donation to help disabled veterans in hospice and palliative care during the coronavirus.

Employees were urged to buy and send five $100 Amazon or eBay gift cards to help dying vets purchase supplies that would comfort and protect them. The wording was awkward, and grammatically incorrect – a common sign of fraud. The email was addressed to each employee personally, and included the innocent closing: “Thank you, I should have called you to ask.”

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