Purchase Order Fraud: Anatomy of a Fake PO
Invoice fraud targets the buyer; purchase order fraud targets the supplier. An illustrative look at how a fake PO ships goods on credit that will never be paid for — and where it breaks.
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The nine warning signs accounts-payable teams see over and over in fraudulent invoices — and the two-minute checks that catch each one before payment goes out.
Invoice fraud targets the buyer; purchase order fraud targets the supplier. An illustrative look at how a fake PO ships goods on credit that will never be paid for — and where it breaks.
The most expensive AP fraud isn't a fake invoice — it's a real one paid to a fraudulently changed bank account. The one habit that stops payment-redirection fraud.
AP automation removes keystrokes — and removes the human glance that used to catch fakes. How to keep straight-through processing from becoming straight-through fraud.
Controls fail when they're annoying. Eight AP fraud controls teams actually follow — from vendor master hygiene to callback verification and document forensics.
The first payment is the point of no return. Ten verification checks to run while a new vendor is still just paperwork — from registry lookups to banking callbacks.
Expense fraud is rarely a heist — it's a slow leak that hides in the volume. The eight patterns behind most of it, and how to catch each without interrogating every report.