PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Business email compromise (BEC) scams continue to ravage company coffers. According to CNBC reports , the email phishing scheme involves attackers impersonating one business executive at a China-based business that offers temperature-controlled supply chain solutions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

As PYMNTS’ Preventing Financial Crimes Playbook recently noted, the U.S. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network recently issued a warning that fraudsters are leveraging various illicit methods, including malware, phishing schemes, extortion and business email compromise (BEC) scams — all with a COVID-19 twist.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

In a new report from ProofPoint , researchers warned that any businesses with the word “tax” in its domain is at risk of being spoofed by phishing attackers targeting small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The scam involved an email claiming a new bank account connected to remittance payments. Tax season is upon U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2018

This past week saw the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announce a new law enforcement initiative that focuses on bad actors who seek to commit crimes against small businesses. Want more proof of email as a favorite scamming tool? Postal Inspection Service and the Better Business Bureau. Finance departments were most vulnerable.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

80,000 is now the average amount phishers demand from their business email compromise targets , according to new research from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) in its second-quarter 2020 Phishing Activity Trends Report. million per targeted attack. . According to Stuff.co.nz

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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

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

To that end, phishing attacks, more commonly known as business email compromises (BECs), have been aimed at Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) officials at credit unions. Krebs on Security noted that the emails sent to officials at the United States credit unions looked like they were being sent by other BSA officials.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2017

million because of mandate fraud, which, like the business email scam, involves a scammer emailing a supplier or business to trick them into making a payment into a fraudulent account. RSM found that more than 1,500 businesses a year are tricked, making the crime the third-most common way criminals defraud a company.

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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. “No legitimate business or utility will call you and ask you to make a payment using a Green Dot card,” AG Frosh said in a statement.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

Spend control isn’t easy — just ask Google and Facebook, which confirmed in 2017 they were among the corporate victims of a widespread phishing attack that tricked businesses into paying fake invoices. The scam wasn’t a one-off job, either.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

As researchers at Agari reported, business email compromise (BEC) attacks have been going mobile. As reported in Credit Union Times , the attacks are still done through email, but also look for mobile number details to “better coerce” intended victims to funnel funds to bad actors’ accounts.

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The Payments Association

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

AiTM attacks work by intercepting communication between a user and a legitimate service through phishing techniques. In an AiTM attack, the attacker typically sends a phishing email with a link that directs the victim to a fake login page (redirector or AiTM phishing page) designed to look like a legitimate service.

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