It’s February, and romance is in the air! However, what you don’t want is for a scammer to woo you into doing something you shouldn’t. Unfortunately, fraudsters are always upping their game and developing new techniques to rip off unsuspecting AP professionals. Some of their latest gambits involve getting close to you on a personal level in order to get you to let your guard down.

In this fascinating podcast with Debra R. Richardson, vendor master file expert and certified fraud examiner, and Royce Grayson Morse, IOFM’s managing editor, we explore sneaky new ways those looking to steal from your company attempt to lure you in. One of those techniques involves a form of social engineering called malicious elicitation. Here, the scammer gets information from you in what appears to be a completely innocent manner — but is instead a well-crafted ploy to get you to reveal company information that should be kept confidential.

Listen to the podcast to find out how one major company almost fell victim — and learn how to spot these scams.

Find out more about the latest “romance” scams:

• Debra Richardson’s Romance Scam Resources (Debra’s website, Putting the AP in hAPpy)
• Online Romance Scams Toolkit
• Elicitation — A Conversation With Intent
• The hottest new dating site: LinkedIn (Business Insider)
• Love Is in the Air And It’s Full of Scammed Money (Kubikle series, YouTube video)
• A Lesson Learned From a 2020 Tesla Insider Threat (Debra R. Richardson podcast)
• Russian National Pleads Guilty After Trying to Hack a Human at Tesla (SecureWorld)