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Authorised push payment fraud
Fraud where someone is tricked into sending a bank transfer to a criminal, such as a fake invoice or impersonation scam. UK payment firms must now reimburse most victims. Often shortened to APP fraud.
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It was APP fraud: the email looked exactly like our supplier's.
Also called APP fraud.
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