$127,000 Paid to a Fake Parts Supplier. Production Line Waiting. Money Gone.
Manufacturers process high-value invoices under pressure. Criminals know your supply chain depends on fast payments. One fake supplier email drains your operating capital—and your parts still don't arrive.
$1.8 billion lost to vendor impersonation in manufacturing annually. Your supply chain is the target.
Your Supply Chain Pressure Is Their Weapon
Production deadlines. Dozens of vendors. High-value invoices processed daily. Criminals exploit every pressure point.
Supplier Impersonation
Your "regular parts supplier" emails with updated banking details for a $127,000 order. You pay. The real supplier calls asking where their payment is. Gone.
Fake Invoice Attacks
Invoices for materials you never ordered look legitimate. With dozens of POs in flight across multiple suppliers, fraudulent invoices slip through unnoticed.
Rush Payment Scams
"Pay immediately or your parts shipment is delayed." Production pressure makes you skip verification. By the time you discover the fraud, the line is stopped anyway.
Ransomware Shutdowns
One clicked attachment encrypts your ERP system. Production stops. Orders can't ship. Customers defect to competitors. Recovery takes months.
It Happens Fast
2:30 PM
Email arrives from your steel supplier: "Our banking details have changed due to a corporate acquisition. Please update your records and pay invoice #4521 ($127,000) to our new account."
4:15 PM
Your AP clerk processes the change. The email looks official. They've worked with this supplier for years. The invoice number matches a real order. Payment sent.
9:00 AM
Your real supplier calls: "Your order is on credit hold—we haven't received payment." The banking change email was from a lookalike domain. $127,000 gone. Production line waiting on steel that won't ship until you pay again.
What ForwardToSafety Would Have Caught:
- • Lookalike domain (steelsupply-inc.com vs steelsupplyinc.com)
- • Domain registered 4 days before the email
- • Banking change + invoice pressure = classic vendor fraud pattern
"Our 'aluminum supplier' emailed with new wire instructions for a $94,000 order. Something felt off, so we forwarded it to ForwardToSafety. Lookalike domain—one letter different. That would have shut down our production line for a week while we sorted it out."
— Controller, Precision Metal Products
How ForwardToSafety Protects Manufacturing
Verify supplier emails fast enough for production deadlines, thorough enough to stop fraud.
Supplier Verification
Verify banking change requests before updating payment details. Catch lookalike domains instantly.
Invoice Fraud Detection
Our 6-tier analysis catches spoofed invoices, compromised vendor accounts, and social engineering tactics.
Production-Speed Results
Verification in minutes, not hours. Don't delay legitimate payments—just make sure they're going to the right account.
Why Manufacturing Teams Trust ForwardToSafety
Keep Your Production Running. Keep Your Money Safe.
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