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manaboutown
02-01-2020, 10:02 AM
If one uses a wire transfer of funds to close on a home please be very careful as hackers are becoming more successful at stealing funds by diverting the transfers to criminal accounts.

I realize the article dates back to 2017.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/hackers-prey-on-home-buyers-with-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-at-stake/2017/10/30/0379dcb4-bd87-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html