One of the smart investors from Shark Tank accidentally gave away $400,000 to email scammers. (TMZ)
Barbara Corcoran confessed to the embarrassing and expensive mistake. She received a fake email from an internet address in China. The email contained a message to Corcoran’s bookkeeper that an invoice for “real estate renovations” had been approved by her assistant.
The “NYC Real Estate Queen” realized the scam only after she wired the nearly half-million dollars. She said “There was no reason to be suspicious as I invest in a lot of real estate. I was upset at first, but then remembered it was only money.” (People)
I guess when you are worth nearly $100 million, this mistake feels like misplacing a $20 bill.