Our industry is under constant assault by fraudsters trying to steal closing funds, identities, and more. Check this page for tools and updates to help you protect yourselves and your clients.
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Downloads/Videos Advocus Notices Articles CLE/Training
Downloads/Videos
- Advocus Video: Fight Wire Fraud with CertifID (July 13, 2021)
- Advocus PDF: Protection from Wire Fraud: Verify through CertifID — For all Advocus transactions in the Chicago area.
- Advocus PDF: Wire Fraud Protection through CertifID - Seller Instructions — For sellers' attorneys and their clients.
- Advocus PDF: Wire Fraud Alert — For consumers via their attorneys and/or Realtors®
- Advocus PDF: Don't Fall Victim to Wire Fraud Schemes — For agents
- ALTA Video: ALTA Members Protect Against Wire Transfer Fraud (September 29, 2020)
- ALTA Video: Protect Your Money from Wire Fraud Schemes When Buying a Home (July 18, 2017)
Articles
- Client Funds Are a Prime Target for Fraudsters, Incidents are on the Rise (9-12-2024)
- Cyber Crime Update, New Defense for Advocus GO Users (9-23-2020)
- COVID-19 Update #12: Avoiding COVID-19 Phishing Scams (3-26-2020)
- Attorneys and Real Estate Agents: Protect Clients from Cyber Crime and Wire Fraud (3-26-2019)
- Fight Back against Cyber Crime (1-22-2019)
- ATTN Advocus Agents: Beware of Email Phishing Schemes, Wire Fraud, and Other Internet Crime (10-19-2017)
- Stay Secure Online, Stay Informed, and Strengthen the Weakest Links (9-28-2017)
- Don't Fall Victim to Wire Fraud Schemes (12-2-2016; updated 5-4-2017)
- Email Fraud: ALTA Offers Solutions (4-20-2016)
- How NOT to Fall Victim to Wire Fraud: Advice and Tools from the FBI to Fight the Growing Threat (11-19-2015)
Training Program on Advocus University (no CLE)
- CertifID: Advocus' New System to Protect Clients from Wire Fraud
- Cybersecurity Risk Management for Real Estate Attorneys, Part 2
- Harold I. Levine Real Estate Institute 2020, Part 3: The Latest Cyber Security for Lawyers
- Not Safe at Any Speed: Cyber Security, Wire Fraud, and Escrow Liability
- Practical Ways to Protect against Fraud and Cyber Threats
[Last update: 9-25-24]
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