Business email compromise in South Africa explained
Business email compromise (BEC) in South Africa is email fraud aimed at the money a business pays out.
Plain answers on proving who sent it.
Business email compromise (BEC) in South Africa is email fraud aimed at the money a business pays out.
When a supplier emails new bank details, treat the change of banking details as unconfirmed until you have checked it yourself, away from that email.
A spoofed email shows a sender name and address you trust, but someone else sent it. How an email looks is not enough to judge it.
You can tell whether a tender or request for quotes is real by confirming it yourself, through contact details you found independently, before you buy stock, pay anything or deliver.
Here is how to verify a website is legitimate: no single check proves it, so look at the address, the contact details and the owner behind the site together.
To spot a fake job offer, check where the vacancy is published and whether anyone asks you to pay.
To verify a company in South Africa, start with the company register, then check the person and the bank details in front of you.