Invoice fraud prevention guidance with check-verify-never payment verification
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NatWest and the NCA issued practical invoice-fraud guidance on 2026-01-30, aiming to reduce payment redirection losses for businesses and individuals. The advice tells recipients to check invoice and bank details, verify changes by calling a supplier on a previously used phone number, and never transfer money until the details are confirmed. It matters because invoice fraud and BEC can exploit urgency and intercepted email threads to divert legitimate payments into criminal accounts.
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30.01.2026 13:10 3 articles · 5mo ago
NatWest and NCA launch invoice-fraud awareness campaign
Initial DisclosureNatWest Bank and the UK’s National Crime Agency launched a joint campaign on 2026-01-30 to warn businesses and individuals about invoice fraud and business email compromise, where fraudsters impersonate suppliers, intercept emails, and push convincing urgent-payment requests into accounts they control. The guidance tells recipients to check for changes to invoice and bank details, verify any change by calling the genuine supplier on a previously used phone number, and never transfer money until the details are confirmed; Action Fraud also said 83 reported victims in September 2025 lost an average of £47,000 each, for almost £4m in total.
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- National Crime Agency and NatWest Issue Joint Warning Over Invoice Fraud Threat — www.infosecurity-magazine.com — 30.01.2026 13:10
- National Crime Agency and NatWest Issue Joint Warning Over Invoice Fraud Threat — www.infosecurity-magazine.com — 30.01.2026 13:10
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