Susan Limb, co-owner of Praline Bakery & Bistro in Bethesda, says she was used to dismissing scam phone calls, but the call that purportedly came from her bank on April 16 felt different.
So she responded – and ultimately ended up losing $24,000 of the bakery’s funds to a sophisticated phone “spoofing” scam.
“For a small business like this, $24,000 is huge,” Limb told Bethesda Today in a Friday phone interview. “We’re already dealing with rising costs. This just made everything harder.”…