Scammers pose as CNN's Wolf Blitzer, target security professionals

Here's an interesting, if not outright comical, story for those of you just coming back to work after a long Labor Day weekend. Scammers are pretending to be a well-known CNN anchor and offering serious cash to anyone looking to be a security commentator on air.

Earlier this afternoon, Salted Hash was contacted by a trusted source who shared a screenshot of a recent text conversation a friend and fellow security professional had.

The potential victim in this story did not want their name or organization referenced on the record. The person responsible for the text messages pretends to be CNN's Wolf Blitzer, and offers security professionals $300,000 yearly to come on to "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" and act as security commentators. All the victim needs to do is pay $3,000 via Western Union to get security clearance and approval.