# Down Payment Wire Fraud – Call the Title Company, Not the Number in the Email

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-10-17T12:00:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://www.moneycrashers.com/down-payment-wire-fraud/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/down-payment-wire-fraud-call-the-title-company-not-the-number-in-the-e-14e8cc/

The email lands three days before closing, under your escrow officer’s name and inside the thread you’ve used all along. The title company switched banks after an audit, it says, and updated instructions for your down payment are attached. Nothing... Source

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