Make the next attempted scam payment fail before it leaves your account.
What to do
- Lower daily transfer and international payment limits
- Turn on Confirmation of Payee / payee verification (UK) or equivalent
- Require 2FA for adding any new payee
- Adopt a personal rule: any new payment instruction is verified by a phone call to a known number
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Jordan DicksonFounder, CyberSecurityGuides
Founder of CyberSecurityGuides, writing practical, jargon-free guides that help everyday people recover from and protect against online attacks.
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