Invoice scammers send you a fake e-mail designed to trick you into opening a link or attachment, where they do things like:

• Ask you to pay an unpaid bill for an online purchase by clicking on a link
• Claim that a courier service couldn't deliver a package to you and force you to open a link to arrange a new delivery time

Clicking links or opening attachments in invoice scammer e-mails often infects your device with ransomware that locks files on your computer until the scammers are paid a ransom sum to unlock them.

• Ensure that you have a well-protected IT infrastructure.
  • Provide each device with antivirus software.
  • Immediately carry out any security updates.
  • Protect Wi-Fi with a password
  • Regularly back up all of your files and save them on a separate device that is disconnected from the network
• Make your employees aware of cybersecurity with the help of the free Cybersecurity KIT for businesses . It contains all the material you need (such as posters, presentations, sample -e-mails) to set up an awareness campaign in your company. The themes dealt with are:
  • strong passwords
  • phishing
  • Social engineering
  • GDPR
  • Working safely from home
• Invest in a central support centre where colleagues can report suspicious e-mails and have any suspicious behaviour on their device checked