In 2019, in a not-so-sophisticated BEC scam, cybercriminals tricked a Toyota employee to wire millions to a foreign account. As part of the scam, hackers sent BEC emails to employees in the finance and accounting department of the Toyota Boshoku Corporation, a European subsidiary of Toyota. The emails requested fund payment into a specific bank account controlled by the hackers. One employee fell for this scam, wiring $37 million to the hackers' account.