Why this matters
Criminals target real estate closings because large sums move in a short window. They forge email accounts, copy logos, and create urgent-sounding requests. Once a wire leaves your bank, recovery can be difficult or impossible.
How to protect yourself
- Call before you wire. Use a phone number from our website, your contract, or a business card you already received — not a number in an email.
- Be skeptical of urgency and last-minute changes. A request to “wire today to a new account” is a warning sign.
- Check the email address, not just the display name. Impersonators often change a single character in a domain.
- Do not send copies of wire instructions, account numbers, or identification documents through this website or an unverified email thread.
- If something feels wrong, stop. Call us and your bank immediately. You can also report suspected wire fraud to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov.
We will never ask you to submit bank account, routing, Social Security, or loan numbers through the public form on this site. When wiring is actually required, your escrow officer will give you instructions and ask you to confirm them by phone.
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