The email looked perfect. The $47,000 was real.

Last winter, an accounting firm in Pooler, Georgia wired $47,000 to what they believed was a real vendor.

The email looked right. It referenced a real project. It appeared to come from their supplier’s actual address. It wasn’t. The firm paid. Then they learned the invoice was fake — another hit in a wave of polished “please pay this” messages landing on Savannah-area businesses.

Accounting firms sit on client trust and payment routines. When an invoice feels familiar, the urge is to clear it and move on. That’s exactly what these scams need: one careful professional, one believable thread, one wire that doesn’t get a second call on a number already on file.

If you handle books, payroll, or vendor pay — for yourself or for clients — the first check isn’t a dashboard. It’s whether strangers can email as the names people already trust.

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