Business Email Imposters
Business Email Imposters
Business Email Imposters
SMALL BUSINESS
BUSINESS
EMAIL IMPOSTERS
A scammer sets up an email address Scammers do this to get passwords and
that looks like it’s from your company. bank account numbers or to get someone
to send them money. When this happens,
Then the scammer sends out messages using your company has a lot to lose. Customers
that email address. This practice is called and partners might lose trust and take their
spoofing, and the scammer is what we call a business elsewhere — and your business
business email imposter. could then lose money.
SMALL BUSINESS
WHAT TO DO
IF SOMEONE SPOOFS YOUR COMPANY’S EMAIL
Report it
Report the scam to local law enforcement, the FBI’s Internet
Crime Complaint Center at IC3.gov, and the FTC at FTC.gov/
Complaint. You can also forward phishing emails to spam@
uce.gov (an address used by the FTC) and to reportphishing@
apwg.org (an address used by the Anti-Phishing Working
Group, which includes ISPs, security vendors, financial
institutions, and law enforcement agencies).