Checked
Written from official fraud-agency notices. Every figure and piece of advice is checked against the sources listed at the bottom.
What we found
Set out in the same plain format as reader reports.
- What kind of scam?
- Tech support and business fraud
- In short
- An email that looks like it is from a vendor or a title company asks you to pay a new account. The sender is a criminal, and the money is hard to get back.
- How does it reach you?
- What does the message look like?
- Example email written by us.Please note our bank details have changed. Send this month's payment to the new account below and confirm today. Regards, Accounts.
- How can you spot it?
- A request to change account numbers
Verify it with the requester. - An address with a small change
Different spelling or URL from the real one. - Pressure to act quickly
Be especially wary if the sender presses you. - Unexpected attachments
Especially forwarded ones.
- A request to change account numbers
- Is it growing?
- It is ongoing
- Where do I report it?
- FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center
ic3.gov
- FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center
If this happened to you
- Verify payment changes by phone or in person, using a number you look up yourself.
- Check the sender's address, the URL and the spelling closely.
- If you sent money, contact your bank immediately and ask it to contact the bank that received the transfer.
- Report it to the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov. Turn on multi-factor authentication where you can.
Sources (1)
Sources
- FBI: Business email compromise (Checked 18 Oct 2026)