Fraud Alert - invoice redirection fraud

16/02/2015 11:35:07

The Banking and Payments Federation has issued a fraud alert to advise that some businesses in Ireland have recently fallen victim to a scam involving bogus emails being received that purport to be from an existing creditor.

The email generally contains a letter as an attachment - the letter purports to notify the receiver of new (amended) bank account details to which all future payments are to be sent.

For more detailed information, see the BPFI's Fraud Alert (PDF).

See also the press release from the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation.