Pasadena police offer tips after a League City woman who believes her broker's email was hacked wired the $77,500 down payment for her dream home to a fraudster.
Julie Voss went through her inbox and counted 220 emails she had received from her mortgage broker, real estate agent, and title company during the one month before she made a down payment on her dream home.
Now, she said, based on the details included in the fraudulent email, she thinks her mortgage broker was hacked. Last year alone, the FBI says Americans were scammed out of $2.9 billion through emails that victims thought were from legitimate sources. "I've seen $100,000. Nothing shocks me, really. It's just very sad, and I will do my best to try to help," he said. "Technology the way it is aids us, but also aids the criminals at the same time."
"Don't be afraid to confront whoever you're talking with on the email. Don't be afraid to validate and try to vet these people," he said. "Don't just assume that an email coming through is legitimate. We get emails all the time saying you've won this, you've won that. Just be very vigilant, scrutinize every email, every phone call."
"Verify the email, verify, verify, verify. Just be vigilant. That's all you can really do," he said. "Technology is made for us to help us in the world, but it also opens ourselves up for a lot of criminal activity as well."
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