Payment redirection is the scam that empties Australian business bank accounts, and it arrives as an ordinary email about an ordinary invoice. This course covers how the fraud actually works, how an attacker gets inside a real email thread, the point in an accounts payable run where the money is lost, the impersonation scams that travel with it, the small number of controls that genuinely interrupt it and what to do in the first hour if a payment has already gone. Written for anyone with an inbox, not just the finance team.
~45 minutes100% online, self-paced6 months access from the day of course start
What You Will Learn
Explain how payment redirection fraud works and why it needs no malware to succeed
Recognise the ways an attacker gets inside a genuine email conversation
Identify the point in a payment process where the loss actually occurs
Recognise executive impersonation, payroll diversion and fake supplier onboarding
Apply verification on a channel the sender does not control
Describe the first actions to take when a payment has already been made
Course Content
1. Where the money actually leaves
2. How they get inside the conversation
3. Payment redirection, step by step
4. The rest of the family
5. The controls that actually work
6. If it has already happened, and putting it together
Final Assessment - 10 questions, 80% pass mark, retakes available
Who This Course Is For
Everyone with a work email address, and in particular anyone who raises, approves or pays invoices, maintains supplier or payroll records or answers the phone to someone asking about an account.
Accreditation: This is a non-accredited awareness course. It builds general awareness of email based fraud and does not issue a formal qualification. It is not financial advice, not legal advice and not a substitute for your organisation's own payment controls, your bank's guidance or advice from your accountant, insurer or solicitor. It does not promise that any control described here will prevent fraud, and it makes no claim that money lost to a scam can be recovered.
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$39 per person
$39.00
Prices are in Australian dollars and include GST.
Duration
~45 minutes
Format
100% online, self-paced
Lessons
6
Assessment
10 questions (80% to pass)
Certificate
Instant, verifiable
Access period
6 months access from the day of course start
Who it’s for
Everyone with a work email address, and in particular anyone who raises, approves or pays invoices, maintains supplier or payroll records or answers the phone to someone asking about an account.
Buying for a team? Set the quantity to the number of people. You’ll receive an enrolment code for each seat.
