{"success":true,"data":{"id":"fake-business-email-compromise-ceo-fraud","label":"Business Email Compromise (BEC) / CEO fraud — executive impersonation requesting urgent wire transfer or gift cards","description":"Email impersonating a CEO, CFO, VP, or other executive requesting an urgent, confidential wire transfer or gift card purchase — the defining pattern of Business Email Compromise (BEC). Classic indicators include a spoofed executive identity claim, instructions to bypass normal approval processes, and demands for secrecy (\"do not contact accounting,\" \"do not CC anyone\"). BEC is the #1 source of financial cybercrime losses globally. FBI IC3 2024: BEC scams caused $2.9B in reported losses in the US alone; average successful attack cost $125,000. Attackers often use lookalike domains (company-payments.net, executive-portal.info) to impersonate corporate leadership.","tier":"danger","category":"phishing","isThin":false}}