Wire Fraud: How to Protect Yourself

Real-estate wire fraud is one of the fastest-growing scams targeting buyers and sellers. Criminals impersonate your title company, lender, or agent by email and try to divert your closing funds to their account. A few simple habits keep you safe.

Red flags

• Any change to wiring instructions — especially at the last minute.
• Wiring instructions sent by email only, or from a slightly misspelled address.
• Pressure or urgency to wire funds quickly.
• Requests to keep details secret or to use a new bank account.

How Texans First protects you

• We will never send or change wiring instructions by email without confirming with you by phone.
• We use verified, secure channels for sensitive information.
• We confirm the identity of every party before disbursing funds.

Before you send any funds

Call us at (972) 200-0462 — using the number from our website, not from an email — to verify the instructions, confirm the account details verbally, and call again after sending to confirm receipt. If you ever suspect fraud, contact your bank immediately, call us, and file a report at IC3.gov.