The Lemon Fool

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.

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.

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

Which is?


Slarti

Slarti wrote:

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

Which is?


Slarti

Cheques?

Slarti wrote:

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

Which is?


Slarti

PGP, and the Web of Trust.