{"id":"sec-fin-fraud-attempts-committee-summary","audience":"finance","category":"security","track":"security","technique":"format","title":"Summarize payment fraud attempts for the audit committee","free":false,"task":"The audit committee wants a 3-line summary of payment fraud attempts last quarter. Write exactly 3 numbered lines: attempts and how many were stopped (with the math), dollars at risk that were stopped (with the math), and 'Ask:' with the one decision you need. Use only the incident log's confirmed figures. Plain text, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"Incident log and notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Payment fraud attempts - Q3 2026 (Northpeak Finance)\n\nID | Type | Amount requested | Outcome\nF-01 | Fake CFO wire request | $48,500 | Stopped (call-back)\nF-02 | Vendor bank change, fake email | $12,000 | Stopped (call-back)\nF-03 | Fake invoice from look-alike supplier | $3,500 | Paid, then recovered by bank\nF-04 | Vendor bank change, fake email | $20,000 | Stopped (second approver)\nF-05 | Gift card request \"from CEO\" | $1,000 | Stopped (reported by staff)\n\nNotes:\n- Early draft said F-03 was \"lost\". Updated Oct 9: bank recovered the full $3,500. It still counts as not stopped.\n- A news article said companies our size lose \"$120,000 a year\" to this. Not our data.\n- Ask from Treasury: approve $9,000 for a payment verification tool that checks bank details against vendor records. Decision needed at the Nov 20 meeting.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Totals without working","why":"The AI gives a total with no math, so the committee can't check it.","fix":"Ask: \"Show the addition on the line.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Using outside numbers","why":"The AI adds the news article's figure for context.","fix":"Say: \"Use only the log's confirmed figures.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Using the old status","why":"The AI calls F-03 a loss from the early draft.","fix":"Add: \"F-03 was recovered; it's not stopped and not lost.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Burying the ask","why":"The AI ends with general recommendations.","fix":"Say: \"Last line: Ask: the one decision and when.\"","checks":["r2","numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 70 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Ask for less than the limit and cap each line: \"each line under 15 words, under 50 words total.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Letting markdown in","why":"AI adds bold and headings by default, and in the board packet they show up as stray symbols.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text only, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for the math","patterns":["math","show","add","\\+"]},{"label":"Uses only the log","patterns":["only (the )?(log|confirmed)","not (the )?news","our (data|log)"]},{"label":"Ends with the ask","patterns":["ask:","decision","approv"]},{"label":"Says exactly how many","patterns":["\\b3\\b.{0,25}(line|item)","exactly (3|three)"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Committees want numbers they can check and one clear ask. Ask the AI to show the math, use only your log, and end with the decision.","rubricLabels":["Line 1 shows 4 of 5 attempts stopped (with the math, for example 4 of 5 = 80%)","Line 2 shows the stopped dollars with the math: $48,500 + $12,000 + $20,000 + $1,000 = $81,500, and does not count F-03 as lost money","Line 3 starts 'Ask:' and asks for approval of the $9,000 verification tool at the Nov 20 meeting, and the summary does not mention the $120,000 news figure"]}