Email scam almost cost me 1 million dollars
I’m in escrow and today I almost got scammed out of 1 million dollars +.
A scammer intercepted some emails and pretended to be the escrow officer from the title company. They sent me wiring instructions for over $1 million. They were able to provide me with closing documents and also a dollar amount for the balance which closely matched what I owed.
Luckily the wire I tried to send from the bank did not go through. The bank checked the account number and it did not match any title company bank. Thank goodness for this check or else we would’ve been homeless in 2 weeks.
This is such an incredible lesson. I didn’t know scammers were so sophisticated and their timing was always just right.
Lesson learned to always make that verification phone call before moving large sums of money.
I’m having an extra strong drink tonight and counting my lucky stars.