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🔐 Financial Fraud Prevention & Cyber Awareness Session

How can project professionals recognize fraud before the funds move?

Join PMI Nova Scotia and Scotiabank for a virtual session focused on financial fraud prevention, cyber awareness, and the risks that can arise through everyday project and business activities.

During the session, the Scotiabank team will explore:

🔹 Why people are a primary target of cyber attacks
🔹 How Business Email Compromise (BEC) works
🔹 Risks around vendor onboarding and invoice approvals
🔹 Fraudulent requests to update banking or payment information
🔹 Current fraud and cyber trends
🔹 Practical controls that can help identify and prevent fraud before funds are transferred

Presenters: Angela Decoffe
Market VP, GTB Commercial Banking – Atlantic Region, Scotiabank

Robert Allen
Senior Manager, GTB, Commercial NS, Scotiabank

Moderated by: Erandi Gamage, VP Finance, PMI Nova Scotia Chapter

📅 October 27, 2026
🕔 5:00 PM
💻 Virtual
🎟️ Free for PMI Nova Scotia members

Cybersecurity isn’t only an IT issue. For project professionals working with vendors, budgets, approvals, and payments, understanding how fraud happens is an important part of protecting our projects and organizations.

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