PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

But that message is apparently lost on criminals, who, according to a new report, have stolen some $26 billion over the last three years in a scam generally known as “ business email compromise.”. This is not the first time the FBI has sounded a warning about business email compromise. Fraud Trends.

Scams

PYMNTS

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

FBI

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

While the business email compromise (BEC) scam is a global pain point for businesses, this week's B2B Data Digest looks at the latest figures in B2B payments fraud and finds BEC heating up in one particular region: Australia and New Zealand. million erroneous payment resulting from a BEC scam. In total, about $104.5

Business Email Compromise

PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2020

It’s too soon to tell how the coronavirus crisis will impact corporates’ financial and payment operations, but while analysts continue to raise the alert about consumer payments fraud, the risk of B2B payments fraud persists, particularly as more employees work from home. The report surveyed U.K.

Email Compromise

PYMNTS

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.

FBI

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

An FBI inquiry into the allegations is centered upon claims of fraudulent spend within SEPTA and misuse of the authority’s procurement cards — a common source of internal fraud for both private and public entities. “VEC is the next evolution of business email compromise. . A New Twist On the BEC Scam.

Scams

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

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. told PYMNTS that the FBI has found email fraud already costs businesses and individuals $3.5 Business Email Compromise.

B2B

PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

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.

Scams

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.

Scams

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

According to cybersecurity experts, email scams rise during the holidays, with business email compromise (BEC) an especially concerning scam. According to the FBI, professionals must be "wary" of online job postings that cater to the remote worker, with many of these posts having fraudulent intentions.

FBI

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This week’s B2B Data Digest takes a look at the latest data points behind more cases of B2B payments fraud. 2,100 corporates were targeted in a widespread business email compromise (BEC) scam recently uncovered by cybersecurity company Agari , the firm revealed last week. billion in total cybercrime-related losses for the year.

Business Email Compromise

PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

When it comes to combating payments fraud, it helps to have insight from one who’s been in the trenches. Call it honor among thieves — and as Webster noted, the age of faster payments has made it increasingly harder for authorities to recover those ill-gotten gains. And as for these far-flung groups getting paid? What to Do.

FBI

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Mobile means one can do just about anything by using their device: order food, bank online, read the news … even commit payments fraud, sometimes from the unlikeliest of places. In Australia, news came that police have charged a quartet of alleged fraudsters with running a business email compromise (BEC) scam.

Business Email Compromise

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Melissa Townsley-Solis, head of GIACT , discusses one of the negative effects of COVID-19: the escalation of fraud in the payments arena. Particularly stunning this year was the volume of business email compromise (BEC) attacks, which, according to the FBI, is already a $2 billion-a-year business.

Email Compromise

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2018

In the battle of the payment rails, a few technologies tend to dominate the conversation. counterparts frequently the protagonist offering speedy settlement and robust payment data. Rarely does the wire transfer come into play as an exciting, innovative payment rail ready to disrupt cross-border B2B payments.

Wire Transfer

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The cross-border B2B payments space experienced a small drop in growth during the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects, but it is expected to continue expanding despite this hiccup. It also analyzes these shifts' impact on future international B2B payments. Exacerbating Old Challenges .

Cross-Border

PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

While financial services (FinServ) innovations often emerge with built-in security measures, new market trends — including faster payments and open banking — are introducing new security threats to corporate treasury departments, according to cybersecurity company BioCatch. In the case of Same Day ACH in the U.S.,

Faster Payments

PYMNTS

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.

Business Email Compromise

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 problem is getting worse, according to the Association for Financial Professionals’ (AFP) latest Payments Fraud and Control Survey Report.

Scams

PYMNTS

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. According to the FBI, more than $26 billion in losses linked to BEC were reported between July 2016 and September 2019.

Business Email Compromise

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2018

In examples of the ill-famed business email compromise ( BEC ) scams that seem to make frequent headlines, $1 million was transferred from the Save the Children Foundation. The fraudster sent emails from an employee’s account that had been accessed, and convinced the foundation to send money for solar panels in Pakistan.

Business Email Compromise

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2018

Business Email Compromise scams continue to grow and steal more corporate money than ever before. Phishing emails — 93 percent of which include ransomware, according to ITProPortal — should by no means be ignored. Compare that to ransomware, which made up just 11 percent.

Ransomware

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2018

BEC, the acronym for business email compromise scams, is getting its share of attention. The warning on cybersecurity risk comes as the FBI has estimated that over the past five years, U.S. firms have lost more than $5 billion to BEC scams.

Business Email Compromise

PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

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. The business email compromise has created more than 22,000 cases in the U.S.

Email Compromise

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Of eBay, Tamebay asked: “Why are there no alerts when a PayPal email payment address is changed on active listings? million has been returned to the City of Unalaska in the wake of an investigation by federal authorities into business email compromise (BEC) fraud. Why is there no warning on the seller dashboard?

Business Email Compromise

PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2018

Take, for instance, the Business Email Compromise, a scam that is attributed to an estimated $5.3 billion in stolen corporate funds in 2016, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). However, even sophisticated cybersecurity technologies still struggle to identify and prevent some of the most basic cyberattacks.

Cybersecurity

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

With the Same Day ACH rollout coming in just two weeks and other faster payments initiatives taking off, financial institutions are taking significant steps to ensure the transition to a faster processing environment, including improving their payment security platforms to keep fraudsters at bay. How Fraudsters Attack.

Same Day ACH

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Nelson joined the organization in 2006 after previously serving as the executive vice president of NACHA- The Electronic Payments Association. Nelson said the organization was alerted by the FBI in 2009 regarding a rise in corporate account takeovers. that was featured on NBC’s Today Show. that was featured on NBC’s Today Show.

FS-ISAC

PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

For some, like small suppliers, a compromise of sensitive data and credentials can lead to a few hundred or thousand dollars fraudulently obtained from a business client, often via the Business Email Compromise scam. Supplier email scams , the FBI said, are rising at massive rates. 2013, resulting in $3.1

Cybersecurity

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Cross-Border Payments: Cross-border transfers over SWIFT’s global payments innovation (also known as gpi) topped $77 trillion last year, almost double the $40 trillion that moved through the service in 2018. B2B Targeted: The FBI reports that Business email compromise (BEC) scams are on the rise. An estimated $1.77

Business Email Compromise

CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

” Instances of intrusion were so frequent that the FBI issued a warning about the phenomenon. Over 58% would make at least one extra visit a week if technologies like touch screen kiosks and mobile or in-app payments were in place. Track companies that are driving more efficient payment and checkout for retailers and shoppers.

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