Realtors®, Real Estate Brokers, Buyers and Sellers are targets for wire fraud and many have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars because they simply relied on the wire instructions received via email. A hacker will break into a licensee’s email account to obtain information about upcoming real estate transactions. After monitoring the account to determine the likely timing of a close, the hacker will send an email to the buyer, posing either as the escrow agent or as the licensee. The fraudulent email will contain new wiring instructions or routing information, and will request that the Buyer send funds accordingly. >> Learn how to be WireSafe
Americans’ feelings about the economy continue to worsen Americans’ outlooks on the economy remain down in the dumps this month, new data released Friday showed. Americans’ outlooks on the economy remain down in the dumps this month, new data released Friday showed. The University of Michigan’s preliminary read on consumer sentiment for October showed its...