--- title: "Dirty Little Secret – Business Payments Fraud Is Real & It’s Coming For You: Actionable Ways to Mitigate Risk" description: From email compromise to fake invoices to “deep fake” phone calls, fraudsters target the weakest link in the security system–humans. image: https://news.paymentworks.com/hubfs/fraud-word-with-letter-magnifying-glass-top-view_23-2148546896.jpg --- [![PaymentWorks](https://news.paymentworks.com/hubfs/PaymentWorks_February2020/images/logo.svg)](https://www.paymentworks.com/) - How it Works - - [Overview](https://www.paymentworks.com/how-it-works) - [Why it Matters](https://www.paymentworks.com/why-it-matters) - - For Payers - See how they do it at: - [University of Kentucky](https://www.paymentworks.com/case-studies/kentucky/) - [Hackensack Meridian](https://www.paymentworks.com/case-studies/hackensack-meridian/) - [Johns Hopkins](https://www.paymentworks.com/case-studies/johns-hopkins/) - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.paymentworks.com/faq/payers/) - [Request a Demo](https://www.paymentworks.com/schedule-demo) - For Payees - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.paymentworks.com/faq/payees/) - [Join PaymentWorks](https://www.paymentworks.com/accounts/register-payee/) - About - - [About Us](https://www.paymentworks.com/about-us/paymentworks/) - [Our Partners](https://www.paymentworks.com/about-us/partners/) - [Work Here](https://www.paymentworks.com/about-us/work-here/) - [Blog](https://blog.paymentworks.com/) - [Press](https://news.paymentworks.com/press) - [Refer A Lead](https://share.hsforms.com/1NZzs6_82R52Z5GNpdHp4tA49idv) - Contact - - - - - Sales - [info@paymentworks.com](mailto:info@paymentworks.com) - - Support - [support@paymentworks.com](mailto:support@paymentworks.com) - - - Press - [press@paymentworks.com](mailto:press@paymentworks.com) - - HQ - [info@paymentworks.com](mailto:info@paymentworks.com) - 51 Sawyer Road Suite 310 Waltham, MA 02453 - [Sign In](https://www.paymentworks.com/accounts/login/) [Payees Join Here](https://www.paymentworks.com/accounts/register-payee/) - [Sign In](https://www.paymentworks.com/accounts/login/) - [Payees Join Here](https://www.paymentworks.com/accounts/register-payee/) ![banner-image](https://news.paymentworks.com/hubfs/PaymentWorks_March2020_Blair/images/paymentworks-hubspot-banner_v2-04.png) ## PaymentWorks News # Dirty Little Secret – Business Payments Fraud Is Real & It’s Coming For You: Actionable Ways to Mitigate Risk Posted by [PaymentWorks Staff](https://news.paymentworks.com/press/author/paymentworks-staff) on Nov 24, 2020, 11:10:00 AM *Our CEO Thayer Stewart recently published a column in PaymentsJournal.* # Dirty Little Secret – Business Payments Fraud Is Real and It’s Coming For You: Actionable Ways to Mitigate Risk Today Each day, financial institutions see hundreds of thousands of payments come in and hundreds of thousands of payments go out. 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