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When the Customer Is the Fraud Risk
August 6, 2026
Most small business owners know the usual fraud suspects. The fake invoice.The stolen credit card.The weird email with a link you absolutely should not click.The “vendor” who suddenly changed their bank account. That kind of fraud makes sense. It comes from the outside. But there is another kind that feels a lot messier because the
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The $750,000 Blind Spot: What a Co-op Embezzlement Case Teaches Small Businesses About Internal Controls
August 4, 2026
Fraud does not always look like fraud. Sometimes it looks like a check run. A vendor payment. A reimbursement. A normal Tuesday in the accounting office. That is the problem. The money does not always disappear in one loud, obvious moment. Sometimes it leaves quietly. One check at a time. One entry at a time.
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Imposter Scams Are Getting Bigger. Small Businesses Need to Check the Badge.
July 30, 2026
The scam does not always come in wearing a mask. Sometimes it comes in wearing a logo. A bank logo. A vendor signature. A government-looking notice. A “support team” email from software your business actually uses. That is the part that makes imposter scams so slippery. They do not always feel like fraud when they
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Deepfake Calls and Tiny Test Charges: Two Payment Fraud Clues Small Businesses Should Not Ignore
July 28, 2026
Fraud does not always kick the front door in. Sometimes it walks in wearing a familiar face. Sometimes it starts with a charge so small you almost ignore it. That is what makes today’s payment fraud so dangerous for small businesses. The clues are there, but they do not always look dramatic at first. A
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The Case of the Disappearing Check
July 23, 2026
The check looked harmless. That is usually how these things start. A business owner writes it. Maybe it is for rent. Maybe insurance. Maybe a vendor who still insists on paper checks because “that is how we have always done it.” The check goes in an envelope. The envelope goes in the mail. Everybody moves
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The Case of the $4 Charge
July 21, 2026
A $4 charge does not look like fraud. It looks like coffee. Or an app. Or some random thing someone bought online and forgot to mention. That is what makes it dangerous. There was a Washington Post story recently about a woman who found more than 1,700 charges on her credit card that she did
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