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• Verify the company through the official registry (in Nigeria, the Corporate Affairs Commission public search).
  • Match the exact name, registration number and address.
• Meet on video before the first transaction.
• Check email domains carefully for look-alike spellings.
• Never act on a change of bank details sent only by email; call a number you already have.
  • Tell partners at the start how you will communicate your own bank details.
• Use letters of credit, escrow or staged payments for first deals.
• Keep records of all agreements and payment instructions.
• Report suspected internet fraud to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (ic3.gov), and contact your bank at once.
• Frame verification as standard practice: "We verify all new partners, and we are happy to share our own registration details."