18/08/2026
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ด.
There has been a massive surge in invoice scamming in the last few years - especially with the changed reliance on technology for all parts of our businesses.
One of the major causes is the use of the same insecure password for every login of your business.
Here are our three tips to help reduce invoice scams
๐ญ) Confirm the bank account on invoices: if you're recieving PDF invoices in you email and you notice the bank account number has changed, RING the business at the other side and confirm the change do not email them!
If PDFs have been intercepted and the bank account number changed, then the business may not know, and their email may have been hacked. Ring and confirm what you see, and maybe you've just alerted them to bing hacked.
๐ฎ) ๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ on all your devices which generates a unique password AND saves it across devices. We recommend KEEPER SECURITY. You can securely share passwords with teams, share secure files with timeouts, and nominate someone to be a secondary backup in case of emergency.
๐ฏ) ๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ-๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป which can be kept on a seperate device or within KEEPER SECURITY and make sure your backup emails or phone numbers are correct and up to date.
One client I worked with was locked out of their Xero account because they did not have the correct backup phone number associated with the account, and their phone was stolen. This made resetting the authentication very difficult. Create a good password/access recovery system!
๐ฐ) ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ. For those using Xero we recommend XportMyData and can buld this weekly backup service into our bookkeeping packages. If you do fall victim to hacking or scamming, you will have a record of when the issue may have happened and whose access was compromised.
๐ฑ) ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. Make sure your whole team, including any external support partners. Make sure you have a plan of how you want passwords to be managed.
Book a free call with me and we'll talk about what's happening in your business and if we can help
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