What Should You Confirm Before Sending Money to Japan? Before paying for a Japanese used vehicle, confirm every bank detail against the official invoice. Start with the beneficiary name. Then check the bank name, branch, account number, SWIFT or BIC code, invoice currency, and exact payment amount. Next, confirm that the invoice identifies the vehicle you agreed to buy. Most importantly, treat any unexpected bank-account change as a new verification event. Do not send money only because a new email looks genuine. Instead, verify the change through a contact method that you already trust. For Fiji buyers, the bank may ...