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Wire Transfers Business E-Mail Compromise (BEC)

Burr & Forman

Bank Liability for Business Email Compromises and Fraudulent Payments

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While at your place of business, you receive an email from a trusted source with an established vendor, notifying you that the vendor’s bank account information has changed. Do you note the change in your business records and...more

Locke Lord LLP

WTF?! – Wire Transfer Fraud Coverage Disputes Continue

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Business email compromises (BECs) remain big business. According to a recent FBI report, “[i]n 2021, BEC schemes resulted in 19,954 complaints with an adjusted loss of nearly $2.4 billion.” This is an increase from just over...more

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Gone Phishing? Wire Fraud Scams Continue Unabated Throughout 2021 So Far

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By this point, most businesses that regularly send and receive funds electronically have heard about the risk of wire fraud scams in which an intruder changes wiring instructions and diverts funds to its own account,...more

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WTF?! - Wire Transfer Fraud Litigation

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Threat actors have recently and significantly increased efforts to defraud organizations and individuals through business email compromise (BEC). In BEC and related scams, the threat actors trick unsuspecting targets into...more

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Policyholder Insider Quarterly

Some Words Are More Equal Than Others: BancInsure vs. FDIC - In George Orwell's "Animal Farm", the governing principle that "all animals are equal" was revised by the pigs, who had ascended into power, to "all animals...more

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