Suppliers changing bank account numbers

[Slarti]

I've just had a notification form one of my suppliers that their bank account numbers are changing due to https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... nformation

My immediate reaction was to query with a contact at the company if this was a real email or a scam attempt as I have seen some very realistic change of bank detail scam emails sent to customers of mine.

If a supplier asks you to pay to a different bank account, always double check that it really is them, as it would be you who is out of pocket if it isn't!


Slarti the paranoid.

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Title adjusted at OP's request (chas49)

[UncleEbenezer]

That applies not just in business. Some stories floating around of fraudsters targeting expensive personal purchases (headed by houses) that way.

The irony is, there's a bomb-proof solution to this, if only we could all adopt it. It's been working quietly for quarter of a century in Geekdom, but just never caught on more widely.

[Slarti]

The irony is, there's a bomb-proof solution to this, if only we could all adopt it.

Which is?


Slarti

[Watis]

The irony is, there's a bomb-proof solution to this, if only we could all adopt it.

Which is?


Slarti

Cheques?

[UncleEbenezer]

The irony is, there's a bomb-proof solution to this, if only we could all adopt it.

Which is?


Slarti

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