Warning received from Sport England.....
The ECB has been made aware of a fraudulent email scam which has been used to target a number of local cricket clubs across the country. The ECB understands that certain clubs have been sent what appear to be genuine emails requesting that invoice payments be made to accounts purportedly controlled by legitimate sports companies, such as kit suppliers. In fact, these are fraudulent emails seeking to defraud clubs into making payments that are not due. Given the convincing nature of these emails, the ECB recommends that club treasurers authorise all payment requests with their club chairman in person or via a telephone conversation in order to avoid falling foul of this scam.
For more information, please see Sports England’s press release in relation to this ongoing scam. Should any club be the recipient of any such fraudulent email, the ECB recommends that the club concerned immediately reports it to the Police and Action Fraud.