ICC loses around $2.5 million in phishing scam
The governing body reported the matter to law-enforcement agencies in the USA and an investigation is underway
It is understood the ICC was scammed into wiring money • Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images
A BEC scam is a form of phishing where companies and individuals are tricked and convinced into making wire transfers. The FBI, in a Congressional Report (submitted to the US government) last November, stated that its Internet Crime Control Center had received BEC-related claims worth more than $2.4 billion in 2021.
Nagraj Gollapudi is news editor at ESPNcricinfo