Fraud Targeting schools and academies

17th September, 2021

We have been made aware of 4 scams that are currently targeting schools and academies. They are all working on similar basis of impersonating the Headteacher or the Chief Finance Officer, by sending requests for payments to be made to school email accounts. For further details please select the link on the bottom of the alert, and share with all your Finance & officer staff, as well as all staff who could approve payments

https://www.infospace.org.uk/documents/1209/Head_Teacher_Impersonation_Fraud_10092021_Issue_3.pdf