The process of buying or selling a home can be extremely stressful and complex, but imagine the stress that would boil up if — at settlement — your money was wired to scammers in another country instead of to the settlement firm or escrow company. Here’s the story about a phishing email that cost a couple their home and left them scrambling for months to recover hundreds of thousands in cash that went missing.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/04/...you-your-home/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/04/...you-your-home/