{"id":162,"date":"2026-09-29T15:09:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mykalt.com\/blog\/business-email-compromise-nigeria-fake-payment-instructions\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:09:26","slug":"business-email-compromise-nigeria-fake-payment-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mykalt.com\/blog\/business-email-compromise-nigeria-fake-payment-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Email Compromise in Nigeria: How Fake Payment Instructions Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Business email compromise is a scam where criminals impersonate a company, manager, supplier or support team to request a payment or change bank details. Do not trust an email alone. Verify any payment instruction using a known phone number or official contact before sending money or crypto.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>How does a fake payment-instruction scam work?<\/h2>\n<p>A scammer may use a lookalike email address, compromise a real inbox or send an urgent request shortly before a payment is due. They often ask for a new account number, wallet address or \u201cupdated\u201d invoice.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the main warning signs?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Urgency, secrecy or pressure to skip normal checks.<\/li>\n<li>A slight change in an email domain or sender name.<\/li>\n<li>New bank details or a new crypto wallet address.<\/li>\n<li>An instruction to move the conversation away from official support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How should you verify payment instructions?<\/h2>\n<p>Call a verified number already on your records. Do not call a number inside the suspicious email. Confirm the full account or wallet details, then review every character before approval. See <a href=\"https:\/\/mykalt.com\/blog\/avoid-crypto-scams-nigeria\/\">how to avoid crypto scams in Nigeria<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mykalt.com\/blog\/crypto-exchange-hack-checklist-protect-account\/\">the crypto exchange hack checklist<\/a> for further safeguards.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<h3>Is a real-looking email safe?<\/h3>\n<p>No. Email appearance alone does not prove that an instruction is legitimate.<\/p>\n<h3>Should I send crypto to a replacement address from email?<\/h3>\n<p>No. Verify through an independent official channel first.<\/p>\n<h3>What should I do after sending to a suspected scam address?<\/h3>\n<p>Contact the relevant platform\u2019s official support immediately and keep transaction records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business email compromise happens when criminals impersonate a trusted person or take over an email account to redirect a payment. Learn the warning signs, how to verify a change of account details and what to do if you suspect a scam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mykalt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mykalt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mykalt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mykalt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mykalt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mykalt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mykalt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mykalt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mykalt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mykalt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}