So, you receive a vendor request to change banking.  It’s coming from the actual vendor’s email address – you make the change, make the payment then find out that the payment went to a fraudulent account.  The vendor didn’t request a change, instead, a fraudster requested the change from within the vendor's real email address.  Who takes the

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• Article:  Hacker intercepts carpet company’s emails, retains customer’s $5000 deposit
• Article:  Clark Hill Successfully Represents Steel Building Manufacturer in Business Email Compromise Case
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