It's usually a finance dept person who gets an email like this and yes it's a possibility. A CEO/boss sounds like they're in charge and it's sometimes very diff

It's usually a finance dept person who gets an email like this and yes it's a possibility. A CEO/boss sounds like they're in charge and it's sometimes very difficult to question orders. I heard a story that at one place the only reason they didn't scammed is because the accountant walked over to the CEO to double-check the instructions of the wire transfer. It's easy to imagine what would have happened if the wire transfer instructions were correct!