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FBI, BBB Sound Another Business Email Compromise Alarm

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companies via the Business Email Compromise scam, reports in The East African said last week. When Fairfax County discovered it was being defrauded, the FBI launched Operation reWired to capture the online fraudsters. The FBI revealed earlier this month that the operation led to arrests and the seizure of millions of dollars.

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The Big Spike In ‘CEO Fraud’

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As for the areas where scammers managed the biggest hits, business email compromise (BEC), confidence/romance fraud and spoofing were the top three types of crime in terms of monetary losses. There were almost 24,000 complaints in 2019 and, according to the FBI, each successful attack costs roughly $75,000.

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The B2B Payments Fraud Threat Of Internal Employees

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Ten percent of business email domains are protected from spoofing , according to recent Security Boulevard reports. The risk can also lead to fraudsters spoofing the email addresses of C-Suite executives to initiate payments to a fraudster’s account. According to local Kentucky Today reports, $1.5

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FBI Pinpoints ‘Ground Zero’ For Supplier Email Scams

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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. billion from unsuspecting companies. According to reports, funds wired are rarely recovered.

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Business Email Scam Losses Now Top $12 Billion

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Federal Bureau of Investigation released a public service announcement this week warning that business email compromise (BEC) scams are on the rise. The total value of funds redirected as a result of a BEC scam has now topped $12 billion, the FBI said, updating previous warnings of the scam and including data up to May 2018.

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Organizations' Fraud Threats Rise This Holiday Season

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As NETSCOUT Area Vice President of Engineering, Threat and Mitigation Products Hardik Modi told PYMNTS, cybersecurity is now top of mind for many of these firms. According to cybersecurity experts, email scams rise during the holidays, with business email compromise (BEC) an especially concerning scam.

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Email Scammers Are Targeting B2B Firms In Today’s Work-From-Home Era

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The pandemic has sparked a digital shift of positive changes likely remain in place after the pandemic subsides, but it’s also spawned at least one unwanted thing: a range of new email attacks and scams. Leigh Reichel , new chief financial officer of cybersecurity firm INKY Technology Corp. Business Email Compromise.

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