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Cyber Fraud and Digital Payment Crime Prevention

Prepare finance, operations and IT teams to defend against the fraud that now arrives by email and electronic payment. The course covers business email compromise, invoice redirection, card and mobile money fraud, and social engineering targeting South African organisations. Delegates learn detection red flags, verification controls and an incident response plan to limit loss when an attack lands.

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What you will be able to do

  • Recognise common digital fraud schemes including business email compromise and invoice redirection.
  • Identify red flags in payment instructions, banking detail changes and vendor requests.
  • Apply verification and authorisation controls that stop fraudulent payments.
  • Strengthen defences against social engineering and account takeover.
  • Respond to a suspected fraud to preserve evidence and improve recovery chances.
  • Build a payment fraud prevention checklist and response plan for the organisation.

Course outline

  1. 01The Digital Fraud Landscape
  2. 02Business Email Compromise and Invoice Fraud
  3. 03Card, EFT and Mobile Money Fraud
  4. 04Social Engineering and Account Takeover
  5. 05Payment Verification and Authorisation Controls
  6. 06Detecting Red Flags Before Money Leaves
  7. 07Incident Response, Evidence and Recovery

Who should attend

This course suits finance and accounts payable staff, treasury and payments teams, internal control officers and managers responsible for authorising or processing payments.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 29 Sep 2026Kampala2US$1,100Closed
29 to 30 Sep 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
30 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
1 to 2 Oct 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
5 to 6 Oct 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
6 to 7 Oct 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Oct 2026Online2US$900Register
18 to 19 Nov 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register
19 to 20 Nov 2026Cape Town2R10,000Register
23 to 24 Nov 2026Durban2R10,000Register
24 to 25 Nov 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
25 to 26 Nov 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
26 to 27 Nov 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
1 to 2 Dec 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
2 to 3 Dec 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
3 to 4 Dec 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Dec 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
8 to 9 Dec 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
9 to 10 Dec 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
10 to 11 Dec 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
14 to 15 Dec 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register
17 to 18 Dec 2026Kigali2US$1,100Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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