
Security and Fraud Awareness Best Practices
Below are recommended resources and tools to help keep you informed and educated about the latest in cyber safety.
Nothing is more important to us than keeping your data and funds secure.
In an effort to empower everyone involved in a transaction, below are resources and articles with tips on how to stay safe online. We encourage real estate professionals to share these with buyers and sellers to help protect all parties from bad actors and fraudulent activities.

Land Title regularly takes proactive actions to help safeguard against bad actors.
- We employ state-of-the-art email encryption services, working to ensure the protection of sensitive data.
- At the onset of the transaction, our closing teams will proactively provide wire fraud education to both buyers and sellers.
- We invest in security awareness testing and training for our employees, empowering our team to recognize potential threats.
- Our secure portal provides a single, secure place to view our wire instructions, access transaction details and documents, and create rate quotes and net sheets.
Resources
Be Alert About Wire Fraud – The Basics

How the scam works and tips to stay safe from the Division of Real Estate
Fighting Wire Fraud and Improving IT

Learn how one of Boston’s top luxury real estate firms took steps to protect its business.
Wire Fraud Scams Overview from NAR

General overview of how wire fraud works and what bad actors are trying to do with your funds.
How Title Companies Are Fighting Back

Tips and best practices from the American Land Title Association