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# Social engineering fraud insurance coverage

> Social engineering fraud coverage is insurance - often an endorsement to a commercial crime policy, with its own sub-limit - for losses when an employee is deceived into sending money. Policies may require that payment-instruction changes were verified, for example by callback, so documented verification matters.

_Published 2026-10-05 · Updated 2026-10-05 · By RealPayee_

## Related terms

- [Social engineering](https://realpayee.com/glossary/social-engineering): Social engineering is manipulating people - rather than hacking systems - into breaking normal procedures, typically through authority, urgency, secrecy or familiarity.
- [Callback verification](https://realpayee.com/glossary/callback-verification): Callback verification is confirming a payment instruction or bank-detail change by phoning the requester on a number you already had on file - never one supplied in the request.
- [Business email compromise (BEC)](https://realpayee.com/glossary/business-email-compromise): Business email compromise is fraud in which criminals use spoofed, lookalike or hijacked business email to trick employees into sending money or sensitive data.

## Why it matters for finance teams

Most payment fraud reaches AP as a request that looks legitimate. Understanding social engineering fraud insurance coverage helps your team spot it and apply the right control: verify bank-detail changes and large payment requests with the real person, out-of-band, before money moves. Our free [bank-change policy template](https://realpayee.com/templates/vendor-bank-change-policy) puts that into a written rule.

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## Related

- [Wire fraud prevention: how to stop bank wire fraud](https://realpayee.com/wire-fraud-prevention) - Controls that prevent business wire fraud: out-of-band verification, payment thresholds, dual approval and audit trails. (markdown: https://realpayee.com/wire-fraud-prevention.md)
- [Do cyber insurance policies cover social engineering fraud?](https://realpayee.com/answers/do-cyber-insurance-policies-cover-social-engineering-fraud) - General information on whether cyber or crime insurance covers social engineering fraud such as fake vendor bank changes, and what insurers commonly ask for. Not insurance advice. (markdown: https://realpayee.com/answers/do-cyber-insurance-policies-cover-social-engineering-fraud.md)

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