Several months ago, title agents across the country observed an uptick in attempted escrow fraud. In many cases, fraudsters posed as other participants in the transaction and attempted to trick agents into wiring funds to fraudulent accounts. The vast bulk of these escrow fraud attempts involved bogus emails. The stories and dollar losses were startling, and the industry responded. Alliant …
Ideal Dimensions of Facebook Cover Art
At the very top of your title agency’s Facebook Page is an image known as cover art. Designing a graphic that renders nicely on mobile apps as well as desktop browsers can be an art unto itself. That’s because the dimensions for cover art on a mobile app versus a desktop browser vary slightly. Cover art, “displays at 820 pixels wide by …
Fraud Watch: What is the Business Email Compromise?
Wire fraud attempts are very common in the title industry. A typical wire fraud scheme, encountered by some of our agents, is known as a business email compromise (“BEC”). In this scheme, the fraudster has hacked into a party’s email account. The fraudster then lies in wait, they read the outgoing and incoming emails waiting for a sales transaction to …
Build your title agency’s business from Angie’s List
Wouldn’t it be great if your title insurance business could land one extra real estate closing every month? Better yet, what if the cost to acquire that deal was slim to none?By now you’ve heard the benefits of having an online presence on sites like Yelp and Facebook, but have you considered Angie’s List? Like all the others, the cost to …
