Payment Fraud

Employee - Executive

627d2e10545f5aa2f6d6ed70 payment20bec 20220511

Personalized Email Subject

Free Webmail Account

Spoofed Display Name

Business Email Compromise

Text-based

I need you to complete the CHAPS/Faster payment to a vendor. How soon can you get it done?‍Regards, [Executive Name]‍

Executive Impersonation Payment Fraud BEC Attack

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Employee Impersonation Payroll Diversion BEC Attack

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https://intelligence.abnormalsecurity.com/attack-vault/executive-impersonation-payment-fraud-bec-attack-12

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This text-based BEC attack impersonates an executive using a personalized email subject, a spoofed display name, and a free webmail account to request a fraudulent payment.

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