It is obvious scammers want to take advantage of the blockade in the middle East as well to enrich themselves, this is a smart move to defraud shipping companies trying to cross the Strait. It is believed that at lease one of the boats that tried to cross the strait on Saturday and was hit by gunfire was a victim of the scam and may have paid to the them thinking they've secured pass from the Iranian government. Source To dangerous for companies will pay attention with those message they receive without verifying if it really came from Iran. Since this is will not cost them huge money loss, but also there's life will be endanger if it really happens that they thought they have clearance to pass but in reality they are not and their ship has been attacked by Iran. So better for companies to be vigilant and try to verify if the real source came from those said countries. Scammers don't have soul and they don't care what will happen to the ship also the crew working as long as they can possibly stole huge money from their target companies. If there is one do scammers do, it is to take prompt advantage of the desperation of their victims by advancing on them before they know it is a scam they would have been ditched. If this was true, I do not blame the ship owners for not been too attentive to verify before making any payments. Every ship wants to cross the Strait of Hormuz to their destination cause the risk of stay on sea afloat for over weeks with no surety of when all this chaos will stop, can not be equated with money that is demanded for safe passage, and assessing both risks in their continued anchoring on the sea, any ship in this condition won't reason verification of the real source of message before making transactions. Now on they all will be vigilant by this news.
It is obvious scammers want to take advantage of the blockade in the middle East as well to enrich themselves, this is a smart move to defraud shipping companies trying to cross the Strait. It is believed that at lease one of the boats that tried to cross the strait on Saturday and was hit by gunfire was a victim of the scam and may have paid to the them thinking they've secured pass from the Iranian government. Source To dangerous for companies will pay attention with those message they receive without verifying if it really came from Iran. Since this is will not cost them huge money loss, but also there's life will be endanger if it really happens that they thought they have clearance to pass but in reality they are not and their ship has been attacked by Iran. So better for companies to be vigilant and try to verify if the real source came from those said countries. Scammers don't have soul and they don't care what will happen to the ship also the crew working as long as they can possibly stole huge money from their target companies. If there is one do scammers do, it is to take prompt advantage of the desperation of their victims by advancing on them before they know it is a scam they would have been ditched. If this was true, I do not blame the ship owners for not been too attentive to verify before making any payments. Every ship wants to cross the Strait of Hormuz to their destination cause the risk of stay on sea afloat for over weeks with no surety of when all this chaos will stop, can not be equated with money that is demanded for safe passage, and assessing both risks in their continued anchoring on the sea, any ship in this condition won't reason verification of the real source of message before making transactions. Now on they all will be vigilant by this news.

It is obvious scammers want to take advantage of the blockade in the middle East as well to enrich themselves, this is a smart move to defraud shipping companies trying to cross the Strait. It is believed that at lease one of the boats that tried to cross the strait on Saturday and was hit by gunfire was a victim of the scam and may have paid to the them thinking they've secured pass from the Iranian government. Source To dangerous for companies will pay attention with those message they receive without verifying if it really came from Iran. Since this is will not cost them huge money loss, but also there's life will be endanger if it really happens that they thought they have clearance to pass but in reality they are not and their ship has been attacked by Iran. So better for companies to be vigilant and try to verify if the real source came from those said countries. Scammers don't have soul and they don't care what will happen to the ship also the crew working as long as they can possibly stole huge money from their target companies. If there is one do scammers do, it is to take prompt advantage of the desperation of their victims by advancing on them before they know it is a scam they would have been ditched. If this was true, I do not blame the ship owners for not been too attentive to verify before making any payments. Every ship wants to cross the Strait of Hormuz to their destination cause the risk of stay on sea afloat for over weeks with no surety of when all this chaos will stop, can not be equated with money that is demanded for safe passage, and assessing both risks in their continued anchoring on the sea, any ship in this condition won't reason verification of the real source of message before making transactions. Now on they all will be vigilant by this news.

It is obvious scammers want to take advantage of the blockade in the middle East as well to enrich themselves, this is a smart move to defraud shipping companies trying to cross the Strait. It is believed that at lease one of the boats that tried to cross the strait on Saturday and was hit by gunfire was a victim of the scam and may have paid to the them thinking they've secured pass from the Iranian government. Source To dangerous for companies will pay attention with those message they receive without verifying if it really came from Iran. Since this is will not cost them huge money loss, but also there's life will be endanger if it really happens that they thought they have clearance to pass but in reality they are not and their ship has been attacked by Iran. So better for companies to be vigilant and try to verify if the real source came from those said countries. Scammers don't have soul and they don't care what will happen to the ship also the crew working as long as they can possibly stole huge money from their target companies. If there is one do scammers do, it is to take prompt advantage of the desperation of their victims by advancing on them before they know it is a scam they would have been ditched. If this was true, I do not blame the ship owners for not been too attentive to verify before making any payments. Every ship wants to cross the Strait of Hormuz to their destination cause the risk of stay on sea afloat for over weeks with no surety of when all this chaos will stop, can not be equated with money that is demanded for safe passage, and assessing both risks in their continued anchoring on the sea, any ship in this condition won't reason verification of the real source of message before making transactions. Now on they all will be vigilant by this news.