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SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Employees certainly need more training to be able to detect a business email compromise (BEC) when they see one. Here’s the problem: The professional who falls victim to eInvoice scams like the business email compromise is, more often than not, a C-Suite executive. Additional Attacks Putting the Enterprise at Risk.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Mike Vigue, vice president, product strategy, cyberfraud and risk management at B2B payments firm Bottomline Technologies , warns that ongoing use of paper checks, fraudulent emails and general ignorance of cyberthreats will continue to place businesses — and their payment activities — at the center of thieves’ targets.

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APRIL 14, 2017

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. With that in mind, it may not be so surprising that check fraud has increased, he said. “I

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Unlike traditional [business email compromise (BEC)] attacks, which are starting to raise red flags with financial institutions, payroll diversion attacks eliminate the interaction with banks because it is a direct deposit instead of a wire transfer,” said Crane Hassold, senior director of threat research at the firm in January.

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JULY 25, 2018

If the Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam isn’t on the radar of every corporate finance executive, it certainly should be. While the continued strength of BEC scammers may not come as a surprise, the research finds that the scam no longer only reigns in targets with a request for wire transfer.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Paper checks for domestic suppliers, wire transfers for international ones. The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) released its 2016 Electronic Payments Survey earlier this year and found that use of paper checks in B2B payments actually rose 1 percent compared to 2013 levels.

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JULY 20, 2016

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been targeting the Business Email Compromise for years, warning companies to be aware of fake supplier emails and invoices requesting firms to wire funds. According to reports, funds wired are rarely recovered. billion from unsuspecting companies.

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JUNE 12, 2019

Among these new services, the top focus is real-time payments (55 percent), followed by same-day ACH (44 percent) and blockchain-based networks (35 percent), according to Bottomline Technologies’ 2019 B2B Payments Survey. Wire transfers can be steered toward fraudsters’ bank accounts.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Scammers deploying the Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam have proven no company, regardless of size and industry, is immune to this crime. Reports in The Art Newspaper say BEC scammers seem to have a new favorite target this time: art galleries. Attackers are doing the same when galleries make payments to artists, reports added.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

The business email compromise (BEC) scam is a cybersecurity threat to businesses of all sizes, and the financial and security implications of a successful attack aren’t isolated to its target. Unfortunately, Sadler noted, it often doesn’t matter whether a fraudster is requesting a wire transfer or wire card payment. “It

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Unlike traditional [business email compromise (BEC)] attacks, which are starting to raise red flags with financial institutions, payroll diversion attacks eliminate the interaction with banks because it is a direct deposit instead of a wire transfer,” said Crane Hassold, senior director of threat research at the firm.

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

It’s a twist on the business email compromise (BEC) scam that typically involves scammers emailing business owners and seeking payment via wire transfer, ACH or paper check. “This is a scam, pure and simple.

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APRIL 30, 2018

Fraudsters can automate the process by which they infiltrate email accounts and learn to speak like a CEO or CFO to initiate a fraudulent wire transfer, a scam known as the business email compromise (BEC). More than a fifth of companies said they cannot detect ACH or wire fraud before it leaves their companies.

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JUNE 14, 2018

Business identities can be used to open card accounts, initiate wire transfers or commit tax fraud. . “Small business identity theft – stealing a business’ identity to commit fraud – is big business for identity thieves,” warned NCSS CEO Mary Ellen Seale in a statement. What to Do About It.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

According to cybersecurity experts, email scams rise during the holidays, with business email compromise (BEC) an especially concerning scam. The FBI also noted that this scam can often be coupled with other types of fraud, sometimes coming in the form of BEC in which a scammer requests a wire transfer or other payment be made.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

Among the most prevalent is the Business Email Compromise (BEC), a type of social engineering attack that received significant attention last year. “Wire transfer fraud is of particular concern for corporate treasury,” the company wrote. In the case of Same Day ACH in the U.S.,

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JUNE 20, 2016

This week’s B2B Data Digest focuses on the flux and flow of managing cash. Cybercrime involving email scams are on the rise, as businesses and their AP officials receive these fraudulent emails that seemingly request legitimate money transfers by posing as a corporate executive or a supplier requesting payment.

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AUGUST 3, 2016

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation , cyberscams attacking businesses, known as the Business Email Compromise, has led to $3.1 The International Criminal Police Organization said it has arrested the alleged ringleader of an international business email scam based in Nigeria. On Tuesday (Aug. China and Europe.

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