Question

An accountant receives an email that appears to be from the company CEO, urgently requesting a wire transfer of $8,000 to a new vendor before end of day. The email address looks slightly off, and the CEO normally uses the internal phone system for such requests. What is the BEST action for the accountant to take?

Accepted Answer

Verify the request through a known, trusted communication channel and report the email to IT/security

Answer

Reply to the email asking the CEO to confirm the account details before sending the transfer

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Process the transfer immediately since the request comes from an executive

Answer

Forward the email to coworkers to ask whether they received the same message