PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

They poke and prod, looking for various weaknesses to be exploited on online platforms, in company emails (as in Business Email Compromise, or BEC), through text messages and even the old-fashioned phone call that induces a victim to hurry online and send some money. Internet scammers, by nature, are a resourceful lot.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

The business email compromise (BEC) scam continues to rear its ugly head at the enterprise, with the global pandemic creating even more avenues through which cyber attackers can steal company money. At the heart of BEC and other scams is impersonation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Business email compromise (BEC) scams continue to ravage company coffers. Just last week, IBM cybersecurity experts uncovered a widespread BEC attack targeting players in the coronavirus vaccine supply chain. But the BEC scam is not the only kind of business payments fraud plaguing firms today.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

As noted in a report by FireEye, the bad guys are continuing to leverage a tactic known as business email compromise (BEC), where that method of communication seeks to impersonate persons of authority from within a firm, or alternatively, legitimate business partners, to requests funds be sent to accounts (and then of course, pilfered).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

PYMNTS’ examination of recent cases finds employees falsifying invoices, doctoring checks and faking out companies to steal money from employers. Ten percent of business email domains are protected from spoofing , according to recent Security Boulevard reports. According to local Kentucky Today reports, $1.5

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

2,100 corporates were targeted in a widespread business email compromise (BEC) scam recently uncovered by cybersecurity company Agari , the firm revealed last week. 75,000 is the average loss of a BEC scam , new data from the FBI has revealed. 75,000 is the average loss of a BEC scam , new data from the FBI has revealed.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

If the Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam isn’t on the radar of every corporate finance executive, it certainly should be. The 2018 report, sponsored by JPMorgan , finds fraudsters are spinning their BEC webs even broader, targeting new channels of business transactions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Fraudsters perpetrating such schemes often target individuals by phone, posing as bank officials, IRS agents or public health administrators and asking for personal information or money in exchange for COVID-19 test kits, stimulus checks or work-from-home jobs. The Dark Web Likes Bitcoin, Too .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2017

74 percent | Percentage of companies that were tricked by 2016 business email compromise (BEC) scams. 51 percent | Decline in the use of physical checks in B2B transactions. 10 | Number of hands out of 130 business professionals who were aware of what a BEC scam was.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

However, instances of the business email compromise scam continued to climb, with 80 percent of companies surveyed reporting they were targeted by a BEC scam, up from 77 percent in 2017. Firms with revenue below $1 billion actually saw a decrease in fraud attempts in 2018, from 73 percent in 2017 to 69 percent last year.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

“Fraudsters perpetrating such schemes often target individuals by phone, posing as bank officials, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents or public health administrators and asking for personal information or money in exchange for COVID-19 test kits, stimulus checks or work-from-home jobs.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2018

A recent warning from the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed that business email compromise (BEC) scams have now led to $12 billion in diverted funds.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

Authorized fraud also encompasses business email compromise (BEC) scams, too, said Tharle. Check out our infographic to learn more about the continuing #evolution in fraud trends & how you can protect your firm from potential risks #fincrime #fintech #AML pic.twitter.com/dJbSqTgL0D.

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PYMNTS

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.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The fraud firm uses “physical checks to cash out money pilfered through business email compromise (BEC) attacks,” and it is “spread around multiple countries in Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya,” a press release said. .

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

BEC Scams In Australia. The fraud is perhaps more commonly known as business email compromise (BEC). BEC commonly involves fraudsters masquerading as suppliers (through hacked emails) and sending requests for would-be victims to send money to bank accounts, where the details have changed.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

Business email compromise (BEC), B2B phishing scams, synthetic identities, fake accounts and trillions of aid dollars flooding out at a time of maximum uncertainty make this a fraudster’s paradise. Next-Level Payments Security.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2017

One of the largest culprits: paper checks. Last year the AFP marked an unexpected reversal in the decline of the use of checks in B2B transactions, inching up 1 percent to 51 percent last year compared to 2013 levels (that survey is conducted every three years). Another issue with check use is that, at least in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

A PYMNTS’ examination of recent cases finds employees falsifying invoices, doctoring checks and faking out companies to steal money from employers. .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Nearly a fifth that experienced check fraud suffered a loss, and one-third of firms that were targeted by fraud said it came from a completely unknown source. More commonly, these fraudulent transactions are only caught the day they post to the company’s bank account (the same goes for check fraud, the report found).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Much has been said in this space about Business Email Compromise ( BEC ) scams, where bad actors frequently pose as corporate officials, directing targeted individuals to send money to different accounts, or they pose as suppliers and present phony invoices to be paid. He had been accused of stealing $5.3

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Themes emerged, some frightening – as when it comes to getting a sense of the impact of payments fraud – and some hopeful, as evidenced in, say, businesses finally moving toward killing the check. He described this as a “group of both business email compromise , BEC as it’s called, or CEO fraud.”. Good vs. Bad.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2018

When it comes to business-to-business (B2B) transactions, paper checks are often the villain, cards an expensive but quick underdog, and ACH and its non-U.S. Earlier this year, the FBI said the value of successful BEC scams has now surpassed $12 billion. Thieves attempted to steal $5.3 counterparts are not available.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

He described this as a “group of both business email compromise, BEC as it’s called, or CEO fraud.” You can inject a large amount of illicit cash into the system or right from your typical suitcase of cash [and] into a branch,” Divitt said, “but it can also come from one of those CEO, BEC or invoice redirection frauds.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

That, of course, means moving beyond the paper-based invoice processes and the paper check — something that roughly 81 percent of companies still use to pay suppliers. Wardwell took note of the rising incidence of business email compromise (BEC) and other fraud attempts on businesses.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2018

In corporate payments, while fraud is typically linked to wire and checks , the rise in Business Email Compromise (BEC) and account takeovers means ACH fraud is a growing threat, same-day or not. That doesn’t mean that fraud linked to ACH transactions is nonexistent, however.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

This fraud increase came after various financial institutions failed to implement a solid authentication apparatus to keep a check on fraudsters. A total of 17,642 reports of BEC were reported to authorities between Oct. In 2009, it was 14 percent higher than levels seen the previous year. 2013 and Feb. 2016, according to the FBI.

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CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

Lobbies and building entrances: pre-entry wellness checks. Lobbies and building entrances: pre-entry wellness checks. Her temperature is checked before she waits in a socially distanced line for the elevator. Health screenings and verification using contactless wellness checks will also likely become common in office lobbies.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

It was then revealed that the check was not deposited into the company’s bank account, but routed into a Maryland account owned by NRA CFO Wilson H. The cyberattack on the city was launched when a member of its police department clicked on an email attachment with an infected link. Phillips, Jr. Canada’s Crypto Case.

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