Please be vigilant of potential mandate fraud – this involves a fraudster tricking a member of staff into changing payee bank account details by pretending to be from an organisation (supplier) that you make regular payments to. 

Remember, treat any request to change supplier bank account with suspicion, it’s unusual for them to change their bank account. Always validate the legitimacy of the request by contacting the supplier by phone using known contact details used previously (not those on the latest correspondence). It’s important that staff do this before processing this change of bank account.

Staff can familiarise themselves with the fraud risks in schools using the resources available on Suffolk Learning, which can be found here.

To report any concerns of fraud in LEA schools, please contact the Counter Fraud Service:

Email: [email protected]

Hotline: 01473 264399.