The first day back from vacation is a scammer’s favorite day: a full inbox, a rush to catch up, and a lack of focus—the perfect conditions for a fake payment request. Seven checks to do on the first morning of September, before you dive into your emails, will take you ten minutes and don’t require any technical knowledge.
Here is the list, in the order in which it should be read:
- Be wary of payment requests. “I changed the account while you were away” is the classic September scam. Confirm any IBAN changes by phone, using a number you already had.
- Change any temporary passwords you set before your vacation. A password like “Summer2026” needs to go today.
- Check who had access to your accounts while you were away and whether they still need it.
- Install the updates you put off for a month. Vulnerabilities didn’t take a vacation.
- Verify that the backup ran while you were away—and, more importantly, that it can be restored.
- Ask the team to report any strange emails received while you were away, even if they “ignored” them. An ignored message often means that someone else replied.
- Revoke access for people who have left permanently over the summer.
The reason the list works is simple: all seasonal attacks are based on the same thing—namely, the fact that on the first day, you check less often than usual. Ten minutes of checking at the start completely changes the situation.
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This article was generated with AI assistance.