Scams and Your Small Business: A Guide for Small Business – When scammers go after your business or non-profit organization, it can hurt your reputation and your bottom line. Your best protection? Learn the signs of scams that target businesses. Then tell your employees and colleagues what to look for so they can avoid scams.
Cybersecurity Basics – Knowing some cybersecurity basics and putting them in practice will help you protect your business and reduce the risk of a cyber attack.
- More info: https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/small-businesses/cybersecurity/basics
- More info (PDF): https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/attachments/cybersecurity-basics/cybersecurity_sb_cyber-basics.pdf
Business Email Compromise (BEC) – Business email compromise (BEC) is one of the most financially damaging online crimes. It exploits the fact that so most of us rely on email to conduct both our personal and professional business.
Check Washing and Check Theft Scams – The United States Postal Inspection Service recovers more than $1 billion in fraudulent checks & money orders each year. If you mailed a check that was paid, but the recipient never received it, criminals may have stolen it.
- The ABA offers resources to help banks prevent, identify, measure and report fraud, and to serve and protect consumers and their financial data: https://www.aba.com/banking-topics/risk-management/fraud
- Infographic: https://www.aba.com/news-research/analysis-guides/check-washing-and-check-theft-scams