Business email compromise

Business email compromise (BEC) is a scam targeting companies, where a fraudster impersonates a company director, executive, or a known supplier through email, often using a lookalike address or a hacked account, to instruct an employee to make an urgent wire transfer.

When it matters

BEC often overlaps with invoice fraud, where the fake instruction changes bank account details on a genuine-looking bill. If your business sent money this way, contact your bank immediately about a bank recall and treat it as both a fraud report and a civil claim against a scammer may be considered once you have confirmed how the deception happened.