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BEC Fraudsters Eye HR Departments As Prey      

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Thus, business email compromise fraud (BEC) is evolving too. As reported in darkreading.com, the gangs using BEC – new gangs and seasoned gangs – have recently been targeting human resource and finance professionals to grab direct deposit payroll information to siphon off funds.

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Business Email Scams Spin Even Wider Webs

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If the Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam isn’t on the radar of every corporate finance executive, it certainly should be. The problem is getting worse, according to the Association for Financial Professionals’ (AFP) latest Payments Fraud and Control Survey Report.

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Breaking Down The Data Behind Record Levels Of B2B Payments Fraud

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The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) came out with some scary statistics this month: B2B payments fraud is not only on the rise, but at its highest levels ever since the AFP began recording this information. But there are other ways the AFP found businesses are exposed to payments fraud, most notably through the BEC scam.

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Today In Data: B2B Payments Fraud

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Here are the numbers: 75 percent | Percentage of companies experiencing wire fraud in 2016. 74 percent | Percentage of companies that were tricked by 2016 business email compromise (BEC) scams. 10 | Number of hands out of 130 business professionals who were aware of what a BEC scam was.

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