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Verify Payment Changes Out of Band

The takeaway

An email asking to change bank details should always be confirmed by phone.

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Business email compromise thrives on emailed requests to change payment details, which look routine and cost fortunes. Confirming any banking change through a separately-verified phone number stops the wire fraud at its single point of failure.

“Never change where money goes based on an email alone.”

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