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How to avoid coronavirus fraud

Find out how to prevent your business from being infected by fraud during the Covid-19 crisis.

08 Mar 2020 . 2 min read

Fraudsters are on the move, coming up with a fresh wave of scams and cybercrime in an attempt to exploit companies during the spread of coronavirus.

To pre-empt this, businesses must be on their guard, embedding new working practices as they keep staff up-to-date and well informed about the latest trends and alerts.

These articles uncover the common areas criminals target to gain access, from social engineering tricks like phishing emails to fake invoices and other coronavirus-related scams – as well as revealing how companies can be armed to ward off such attempts.

Staying one step ahead of cybercrime

Would a fake invoice fool you?
Protect your business from coronavirus cyber scams
Coronavirus crisis: ensuring cyber security for remote workers
Take Five to beat fraud

Businesses Against Scams: helping you protect your business

Facts and figures, passwords and the weakest link

Cyber safety: what’s your password?
Fixing the weakest link in cyber security
Protect your businesses from cyber attacks in five simple steps
10 steps for SME cyber security
SME cyber security: infographic
Cyber security: vulnerability threat control

Fraud Focus series

Malicious invoice redirection
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Money back guarantee: tackling refund fraud
Vishing tackled: phone scams

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