Stop most small-business fraud.
Five free habits that stop the frauds actually hitting small businesses. No software to buy. You can put every one of them in place this week.
Five habits. All free. Start this week.
Confirm any money move by phone.
New bank details or a wire request? Call a number you already trust, not the one in the message.
Two people on every wire.
Above a set dollar amount, a second person approves before it goes out.
Two-step login on email and banking.
Your email is the master key. This is the highest-value hour you will spend all year.
Check email forwarding rules monthly.
A rule you did not create means someone is already inside.
Let your team slow down.
Urgency is the scam. A real boss and a real vendor can wait ten minutes.
If you are hit: report it the same day.
IC3.gov and your bank’s fraud line. Speed is what gets money back.
A working cyber-fraud supervisor, not a vendor consultant.
US Army veteran. Active sergeant supervising a cyber and fraud investigations team at a large Southern California law-enforcement agency. Ten-plus years inside the cases that hit small businesses, families, and public-sector agencies first. The training is shaped by what actually goes wrong, not what vendor decks predict.
Train your team the same way.
A checklist is a start. Real protection is a team that spots these moves on its own. That is what Sentinel Vault builds.
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