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Business Email Compromise is a common online fraud scam that redirects funds from legitimate company invoices to scammers' accounts using social engineering and malware takeovers of business accounts.

US extradites Nigerian charged over $6m email fraud scam

Maybe our prince has come at last
Cyber-crime14 Apr 2023 | 10

Microsoft grows automated assault disruption to cover BEC, ransomware campaigns

There’s no HumOR in cyberattacks
Security24 Feb 2023 | 9

Email hijackers scam food out of businesses, not just money

In brief Also, TLC gets schooled by Karakurt, and Cloudflare is offering free zero trust stuff to some small companies
Security17 Dec 2022 | 20

Instagram star gets 11 years for $300m email scam plot

Hushpuppi swaps private jet, Dubai penthouse for prison duds and $1.7m to victims
Cyber-crime10 Nov 2022 | 34

Double-check demand payment emails from law firms: Convincing fakes surface

Crimson Kingsnake impersonates legit attorneys, fakes email threads from your colleagues in far-reaching BEC campaign
Research04 Nov 2022 | 15

Online romance scamlord who netted $9.5m jailed for 25 years

Hello, love, I need $32k to fix my oil rig
Cyber-crime03 Oct 2022 | 15

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