You wouldn’t ignore an email from your boss, would you? 

The Business Email Compromise Scam takes many forms, but in essence, the scammer poses as a reliable source who sends an email from a spoofed or hacked account to an accountant or chief financial officer (CFO), asking them to wire money, buy gift cards or send personal information, often for a plausible reason. But it’s not on the up-and-up. BBB Investigator Don O’Brien says these scammers will try to pressure you into making a bad decision.

The BBB urges businesses and other organizations to take technical precautions such as multifactor authentication for email logins and other changes in email settings, along with verifying changes in information about customers, employees or vendors.