AwarenessScams & deception
Invoice & bank-detail fraud
A convincing invoice carrying the criminal’s bank details.
Understand it
The attacker fakes an invoice, or quietly edits a real one, and substitutes their own account number. You pay the right sum to the wrong people, and the money is gone within minutes.
How to spot it
A supplier’s details that have “changed”, a slightly altered email address, or an invoice arriving at an odd moment.
Close the gap
- Confirm any new or changed bank details by phoning a number you already have.
- Keep a held list of supplier details and check every invoice against it.
- Be wary of replies on existing threads - attackers hijack real ones.
- Use a payment method that allows some recall where you can.
What to do about it
You don't fix a scam, you spot one. Run anything suspicious through our phishing checker, and let your plan harden the accounts and money they're really after. When money's involved, the fix is a habit, not a setting: confirm every payment or change of bank details by phone, on a number you already have.