Scam Prevention

Protect Your Payroll From Direct Deposit Fraud

Discover how a simple email oversight can divert your payroll and learn the steps to keep your business secure.

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A small business owner received an email that appeared to come from an employee, requesting an update to their direct deposit information. Trusting the email, the owner changed the bank details for the next payroll. A few days later, the employee reported that the salary never reached their account. After rounds of verification, they realized that the wages have been sent to fraudulent accounts instead.

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