Gone in Minutes: Wire Fraud & the Real Estate Closing 9.23.26
Real estate closings are one of the most targeted events in American cybercrime, and the criminals aren’t hacking anything. They’re reading email, waiting patiently, and sending one message at exactly the right moment. In 2025 alone, the FBI logged 12,368 real estate fraud victims and more than $275 million in losses.
Join Real Estate Attorney Will McComb for a fast, practical class built specifically for agents. You’ll see how these schemes actually unfold, from the quiet email compromise weeks before closing, to the polished fake wiring instructions, to the spoofed phone number your client calls to “verify.” You’ll learn the red flags that should stop a wire cold, the one verification habit that defeats nearly every version of this scam, and how Berlin Patten Ebling keeps wiring instructions out of email entirely.
Most importantly, you’ll leave able to have this conversation with every client you represent, before a single dollar moves.
What you’ll learn:
- How wire fraud schemes are built around the closing timeline
- The tactics in play: email spoofing, fake instructions, caller ID fraud, and AI voice cloning
- Red flags to catch at every stage of the transaction
- How to verify wiring instructions safely and what BPE’s secure process looks like
- How to prepare buyers and sellers before they’re ever targeted
- The first-hours response plan if fraud is suspected
Licensed real estate professionals only
Free to attend, registration required
Lunch will be provided
