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Wire-fraud precursor

Definition

A public sign that someone could prepare a payment fraud against a firm, visible before any money moves.

In plain words

A newly registered look-alike domain, a missing DMARC policy or a firm address in a breach database can each be seen from outside before a forged request arrives.

Why it matters to a firm

Once a payment has gone it is rarely recovered. The time before the request is the time in which a firm can still act.

The check behind the finding

Check your DMARC record, look for look-alikes of your domain and check your firm’s addresses in a breach database.

The outside watch for your firm: see what is open before anyone else does, with the proof for the lead finding. Check my firm →