The woman’s grand-daughter, who has enduring power of attorney, was organising the transfer of the funds from her grandmother's home sale to the aged care home through a settlement agent. Scammers have stolen about $375,000 intended to fund the aged care costs of a 102 year old woman. Real stories reported to WA ScamNet March 2021 - $375,000 loss More information including how to set it up is available on the Australian Cyber Security Centre website. Consider setting up multi-factor authentication on all online accounts such as email, bank and social media.
If possible and especially if a large amount of money is involved, go to the trader’s store or office to personally verify the details before making payment. When responding to emails, use the forward button instead of reply and manually type the address or select it from your address book. It is vitally important not to use contact details contained in the email as they may be fake and put you in touch with the scammers. Call the sender to confirm the authenticity of the request and the account details, using previously known contact numbers or independently find out with an internet search or go to their official website for contact information. 
Be particularly suspicious if the message comes via a generic email service provider such as gmail or Hotmail. This may involve opening the email and meticulously checking each letter, as often scammers will create an email address with just one character changed Verify the sender of emails requesting payments or changing bank account details by checking that the email address is genuine. How to protect yourself when buying or selling a property Using the new email address, the scammers try to get the parties to pay the funds from the transaction into alternative bank accounts under their control. The scammers may appear to take control of the business' email address or create a new, almost identical, email address that is difficult to distinguish from the original. 
The people behind this scam hack into email accounts and get information about financial transactions underway between sellers or buyers and real estate or settlement agents.
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