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Cyber Criminals Are Targeting Home Buyers and Sellers
When my wife and I sold our house in Westfield, NJ in 2017, our $239,000 mortgage payoff was stolen. The money was never recovered from...
Richard M Hopen
Don't Sleep On the Threat of Real Estate Wire Fraud
A 2021 survey showed that 1 in 3 real estate transactions were targeted by cyber criminals. Real estate agents can no longer afford to...
Richard M Hopen
Real Estate Agents Should Discuss Wire Fraud With Sellers and Buyers
In 2017, my wife and I became victims of real estate wire fraud when we sold our house. Cybercriminals changed the mortgage payoff wiring...
Richard M Hopen
Even Realtors Can be Victims of Wire Fraud – I Was
How these scams happen, and how to prevent them Published in Inman, July 18, 2018. Written by Richard Hopen
Richard M Hopen
Hackers Defraud Homeowners Out of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
Cybercriminals increasingly target real-estate deals, breaking into email accounts to craft custom scams [This article appeared in the...
Adam Janofsky
The industry needs to have an urgent discussion on wire fraud
What you can and should be doing to prevent criminals from stealing real estate transaction funds. [This article was written by Jessica...
Jessica Davis
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