One Fraudulent Invoice. $47,000 Gone. Your Reputation Damaged.
You're trusted to verify before you pay. Scammers are counting on you not to. BEC scams cost businesses $2.9 billion last year—and bookkeepers are target #1.
$2.9 billion lost to business email compromise in 2025. You're on the front line.
How They Target You
Cybercriminals know you have payment authority. Here's how they exploit it.
Fake Invoice Scams
"$47,000 to the wrong account." That's what happens when a spoofed invoice looks exactly like your regular vendor—same logo, same format, different bank details.
Wire Transfer Fraud
"Wire this immediately—I'm in a meeting." The CEO's email looks legitimate. You send $125,000. The money disappears forever. It wasn't your CEO.
Vendor Impersonation
"Please update our bank details for future payments." The email is from office-depot-accounts.com—not officedepot.com. One letter. Thousands lost.
Urgency Pressure
"Pay immediately or we'll stop service." "This invoice is overdue—late fees apply." Scammers create artificial urgency so you skip verification.
It Happens Fast
2:47 PM
You receive an email from your client's regular vendor—new banking details for next month's payment. The logo is right. The formatting is familiar.
3:12 PM
You update the vendor record and process the $34,000 payment to the new account.
9:00 AM
The real vendor calls. They never changed their banking details. The money is gone.
What ForwardToSafety Would Have Caught:
- • Domain registered 2 days ago (not the vendor's real domain)
- • SPF authentication failed (email not sent from authorized server)
- • Pattern matches known invoice fraud tactics
"A longtime vendor emailed new bank details for their next invoice. Something felt off. I forwarded it to ForwardToSafety first. The domain was 2 days old—a scam. Saved my client $34,000."
— Maria T., CPA
How ForwardToSafety Protects You
Verify any suspicious payment request in seconds—before you authorize the transfer.
Vendor Verification
Is this really your vendor? We verify the sender matches their legitimate domain and email patterns.
Invoice Fraud Detection
We cross-reference against known invoice fraud patterns and recently-registered domains.
Confidence to Pay—or Pause
Safe, Suspicious, or Dangerous. Know before you authorize the transfer.
Why Bookkeepers Trust ForwardToSafety
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