RE SAFE, I Inquire before you wire! <br />WIRE FRAUD ALERT <br />This Notice is not intended to provide legal or professional advice. <br />If you have any questions, please consult with a lawyer. <br />All parties to a real estate transaction are targets for wire fraud and many have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars <br />because they simply relied on the wire instructions received via email, without further verification. If funds are to be wired <br />in conjunction with this real estate transaction, we strongly recommend verbal verification of wire instructions <br />through a known, trusted phone number priorto sending funds. <br />In addition, the following non-exclusive self-protection strategies are recommended to minimize exposure to, possible wire <br />fraud. <br />• NEVER RELY on emails purporting to change wire instructions. Parties to a transaction rarely change wire <br />instructions in the course of a transaction. <br />• ALWAYS VERIFY wire instructions, specifically the ABA routing number and account number, by calling the party who <br />sent the instructions to you. DO NOT use the phone number provided in the email containing the instructions, use. <br />phone numbers you have called before or can otherwise verify. Obtain the number of relevant parties to the <br />transaction as soon as an escrow account is opened. DO NOT send an email to verify as the email address may <br />be incorrect or the email may be intercepted by the fraudster. <br />• USE COMPLEX EMAIL PASSWORDS that employ a combination of mixed case, numbers, and symbols. Make your <br />passwords greater than eight (8) characters. Also, change your password often and do NOT reuse the same <br />password for other online accounts. <br />• USE MULTI -FACTOR AUTHENTICATION for email accounts. Your email provider or IT staff may have specific <br />instructions on how to implement this feature.. <br />For more information on wire -fraud scams or to report an incident, please refer to the following links: <br />Federal Bureau of Investigation: <br />htfp://www.fbi.gov <br />Internet Crime Complaint Center: <br />httn://www. ic3. aov <br />Wire Fraud Alert <br />Original Effective Date: 5/11/2017 <br />Current Version Date: 6/11/2017 60222303250- WIRE0016 (DSI Rev. 12/07/17) <br />TM and© Fidelity National Financial, Inc. and/oren affllate. All rights reserved <br />