May 14, 2020
Please be sensitive of attempted Business Email Compromise/Email Account Compromise (BEC/EAC) scams.
Common BEC/EAC Characteristics:
- Targeting businesses and individuals who perform legitimate transfer of funds requests
- An urgent need or attempt to conduct unauthorized transfer of funds or sensitive data, e.g., requesting a change in wire transfer details
- An unexpected inquiry from a vendor looking for confirmation of orders for physical and/or branded goods, e.g., procurement fraud
- Often sent from accounts appearing to be valid (e.g., John_Harvard.harvard.edu@outlook.com) or compromised Harvard emails
Contact RMAS-FraudAlert@harvard.edu for these types of emails. Other suspicious emails should be forwarded to phishing@harvard.edu.
For more information about Phishing, please visit HUIT Security.