{"success":true,"data":{"id":"realestate-closing-wire-fraud","label":"Real estate closing wire fraud (Business Email Compromise targeting homebuyers / sellers) — \"Wire transfer required today for closing — new wire instructions attached / please update bank details for escrow account immediately.\" Attacker intercepts or spoofs the title company / escrow agent to redirect closing funds. FBI reports $446M lost to real estate wire fraud in 2022 alone. Real wire instructions for closing are delivered through verified, previously established channels and NEVER arrive as a cold inbound email from an unknown sender with same-day urgency. Detection: wire transfer + closing/escrow language + same-day urgency + no In-Reply-To + no List-Unsubscribe. Source: GC1 R16; FBI IC3 Real Estate Wire Fraud PSA 2024.","description":"Real estate closing wire fraud (BEC targeting homebuyers/sellers) — attacker spoofs the title company or escrow agent to redirect closing funds. FBI IC3 reported $446M lost in 2022 alone. Lure: \"New wire instructions for today's closing — transfer funds immediately.\" Real wire instructions are established at transaction outset via verified channels and confirmed verbally, never changed via cold inbound email. Signal fires when: (1) wire transfer / wiring instructions language AND (2) closing / escrow / title company language AND (3) same-day urgency AND (4) no In-Reply-To AND (5) no List-Unsubscribe. Source: GC1 R16; FBI IC3 Real Estate Wire Fraud PSA 2024; FinCEN FIN-2019-A003.","tier":"warning","category":"phishing","isThin":false}}