Fraudsters prey on stress and uncertainty and are always looking for an entry point to sneak in, undetected. With real estate transactions, the sheer number of parties involved in a transaction and the intense pressure to get the transaction done in a very short period of time creates an environment ripe for cyber fraud. Add to that a slew of readily available public information, coupled with very large sums of money, and real estate transactions quickly become even more appealing to fraudsters.

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