--- title: "Real Estate Wire Fraud Warning Page for Agent Websites" description: "Specify a buyer wire-fraud warning page with independent verification, official reporting resources, and a separate route for ordinary agent inquiries." canonical: "https://scalewithsearch.com/articles/wire-fraud-warning-agent-buyer-page" --- ## Site navigation - [Scale With Search](https://scalewithsearch.com/) - Services - Services - [AI systems](https://scalewithsearch.com/ai-systems) - [Site build](https://scalewithsearch.com/work#site-build) - [Whole website fix](https://scalewithsearch.com/work#whole-website-fix) - [Content library with SEO](https://scalewithsearch.com/work#content-library) - [Working session](https://scalewithsearch.com/audit) - Start here - [Send your brief](https://scalewithsearch.com/work#send-your-brief) - [Example scope](https://scalewithsearch.com/work#review-the-example-scope) - [Prices and terms](https://scalewithsearch.com/work#prices-and-terms) - Industries - Real estate - [Real estate agents and teams](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/real-estate) - [Platforms, ownership, and IDX](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/real-estate/real-estate-website-platforms-ownership-idx) - [Search, content, and AI](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/real-estate/real-estate-search-content-ai) - [Inquiries, campaigns, and handoffs](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/real-estate/real-estate-website-inquiries-campaigns-handoffs) - [Buyer, seller, and local pages](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/real-estate/real-estate-buyer-seller-local-resources) - [Rules, privacy, and trust](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/real-estate/real-estate-website-rules-privacy-trust) - Browse by business - [Trades and home services](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/#group-trades) - [Health, wellness, and animal care](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/#group-practices) - [Law, finance, and IT](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/#group-professional) - [Marketing and SEO agencies](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/#group-agencies) - [Shops and manufacturers](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/#group-manufacturing) - [Restaurants, shops, studios, and nonprofits](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/#group-local-services) - Chiropractic practices - [Chiropractic and wellness practices](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/chiropractic-and-wellness-practices) - [Chiropractic and physical therapy clinics](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/chiropractic-and-physical-therapy-clinics) - [All industries](https://scalewithsearch.com/for/) - Resources - Free tools - [AI readiness check](https://scalewithsearch.com/check) - [Free tools](https://scalewithsearch.com/tools/) - [Free Starter Kit](https://scalewithsearch.com/kit/business-memory-starter-kit.zip) - Guides - [AI-native library](https://scalewithsearch.com/ai-native) - [Industry intelligence](https://scalewithsearch.com/intelligence) - [Office job guides](https://scalewithsearch.com/guides/) - [Business memory](https://scalewithsearch.com/articles/business-memory-for-ai-agents-guide) - [Agent governance](https://scalewithsearch.com/articles/ai-agent-governance-guide-small-business) - [Migration and ownership](https://scalewithsearch.com/articles/leaving-vendor-ai-memory-guide) - Articles - [All articles](https://scalewithsearch.com/articles/) - [What changed](https://scalewithsearch.com/changes/) - About - Evidence - [Proof](https://scalewithsearch.com/proof) - Scale With Search - [About](https://scalewithsearch.com/about) - [How it works](https://scalewithsearch.com/how-it-works) # Real estate wire fraud: brief a warning page for your agent website Build a public wire-fraud warning page that explains independent verification before a buyer sends money. Put immediate bank contact and official reporting resources beside the warning. Keep payment instructions and private account details outside the page and its inquiry form. The FBI describes a scam in which a homebuyer receives false wiring instructions that appear to come from a title company. Criminals can imitate email addresses and websites or access legitimate email threads. [FBI business email compromise guidance, checked 2026.10.13](https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/common-frauds-and-scams/business-email-compromise). Use the requirements below to brief your builder and broker. The page design and acceptance checks are recommendations. Confirm the transaction process with the settlement professional responsible for receiving funds. ## Give the warning a defined place on your website Link the warning from your buyer guide and closing-preparation resources. Make it readable without a login, download, or contact submission. Put its review date and official sources near the instructions. The ranking Berkshire REALTORS page introduces the subject and links to NAR's consumer guide. [Berkshire wire-fraud resource](https://berkshirerealtors.net/consumer-guide-how-to-protect-against-real-estate-wire-fraud/), checked 2026.10.14. The linked guide covers independent verification, trusted phone contacts, and action after suspected fraud. [NAR consumer guide](https://www.nar.realtor/the-facts/consumer-guide-how-to-protect-against-real-estate-wire-fraud). Give your builder a more specific brief: the approved warning, verification sequence, emergency resources, ordinary question route, and maintenance owner. Keep transaction-specific contacts in your brokerage's approved private process. Avoid a page title that promises fraud prevention or a guaranteed safe transfer. Describe what the page helps a visitor check. Leave loss statistics out unless a dated official report supports the exact claim. ## Specify independent verification before payment The CFPB's archived guidance recommends establishing trusted contacts before closing and confirming account details in person or through a previously agreed phone number. It warns against using contact information supplied in the email. [CFPB closing-scam guidance, published 2019.06.03; checked 2026.10.13](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/archive/blog/mortgage-closing-scams-how-protect-yourself-and-your-closing-funds/). Have your broker and settlement professional approve the page's verification sequence. Use this proposed structure: | Stage | What the page should tell the visitor to arrange | What stays outside the public website | | --- | --- | --- | | Before transfer preparation | Establish the responsible recipient and a trusted contact route through the approved transaction process | Personal contact records and transaction documents | | When instructions arrive | Confirm the instructions independently before sending money | Bank account details and payment instructions | | When an instruction changes | Pause and verify the change with the responsible professional using the established contact route | A revised instruction awaiting verification | | After an authorized transfer | Follow the recipient's approved receipt-confirmation process | Transfer confirmations and banking records | NAR recommends confirming receipt with a known contact after wiring funds. [NAR receipt-confirmation guidance, checked 2026.10.13](https://www.nar.realtor/the-facts/consumer-guide-how-to-protect-against-real-estate-wire-fraud). Require the public page to explain how a trusted contact is established. Do not make a phone number copied from a suspicious message the verification route. Keep any public agent contact button separate from confirmation of a recipient's bank instructions. Treat the table as a page specification, not authority to transfer funds. Require transaction-specific instructions from the responsible professional. Rules and programs vary by state and change. Confirm local requirements with the program, lender, broker, or attorney responsible for the answer. ## Explain changed instructions without publishing them The FBI recommends verifying changes in account numbers or payment procedures. It also warns about pressure to act quickly. [FBI payment-verification guidance, checked 2026.10.13](https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/common-frauds-and-scams/business-email-compromise). Place the changed-instruction warning near the verification steps. Require independent confirmation even when a message looks familiar. Avoid relying on a company logo or recognizable sender name as the page's acceptance standard. Do not publish sample routing numbers, a generic destination account, or a payment button in this resource. Omit transaction screenshots and attachments. Ask your reviewer to check embedded documents and automatic form replies for accidental payment instructions too. Keep the website's role clear: education and ordinary contact. Name the professional who confirms the actual transfer process in the buyer's private transaction materials. Have that professional approve any description of their role. ## Put suspected-fraud action before the ordinary form The FBI directs victims to contact their financial institution immediately and request contact with the institution receiving the transfer. It also directs reports to the Internet Crime Complaint Center. [FBI reporting guidance, checked 2026.10.13](https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/common-frauds-and-scams/business-email-compromise). Make that action visible near the top of the page. Link directly to the [FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center](https://www.ic3.gov/). Tell visitors to use their bank's established contact route. The CFPB's archived guidance also advises asking the bank or transfer company for a wire recall. It describes recovery as a possibility, not a certainty. [CFPB suspected-fraud guidance, published 2019.06.03; checked 2026.10.13](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/archive/blog/mortgage-closing-scams-how-protect-yourself-and-your-closing-funds/). Do not offer a recovery guarantee, a universal deadline, or an agent form as the emergency reporting destination. Give ordinary questions a separate section below the urgent action. Ask your broker to approve how the agent is notified after immediate bank contact. ## Collect a question without collecting banking records Offer an ordinary buyer question route for visitors who want to discuss your closing-preparation resources. Request a name, usable reply details, and a short question. Add a visible instruction to omit account numbers, payment instructions, and private documents. Exclude file uploads and fields for transfer amounts or bank details from this page brief. Let an existing client identify that they have an ongoing transaction without requiring its financial records. Name the receiving agent and fallback contact. Approve any response-time promise with that person. Make the confirmation describe a submitted question. Keep emergency bank contact and reporting instructions visible after submission. Carry the originating page into the received inquiry. Preserve the visitor's question and preferred reply method. Count a received question separately from a source-link click or page visit. This page brief supplies no inquiry-volume forecast. ## Accept the page against specific evidence Use synthetic test questions and contact details you control. Do not conduct a real transfer to test this page. | Check | Evidence to require before acceptance | | --- | --- | | Public warning | Verification and suspected-fraud instructions remain readable without registration | | Source links | Each link opens the intended official resource or cited guide | | Contact boundary | No public account details, payment button, transaction attachment, or financial-upload field | | Changed instructions | The page requires independent verification through an established contact route | | Emergency placement | Bank contact and official reporting appear before the ordinary inquiry form | | Phone and keyboard use | The warning, resources, and ordinary contact controls remain reachable | | Inquiry receipt | The agreed recipient receives the marked question, reply details, and source page | | Form failure | The page explains the failure and retains access to emergency resources | | Download, if included | Its wording, sources, and review date match the webpage | Save expected and observed results. Keep a failed check open until corrected. These checks define future website acceptance; they report no completed implementation or financial-security certification. Assign a named editor and broker reviewer. Record the source URLs, check date, approved wording, and contact owner in the handoff. Repeat affected checks when guidance, contact destinations, downloads, or form behavior change. ## Bring the warning page into your website brief The warning-page brief names official sources, a reviewer, and the ordinary buyer-question destination. Request the approved resource through [whole website fix: wire-warning resources](/for/real-estate). The whole website fix scope identifies the material supplied for the build. [Published whole website fix](https://scalewithsearch.com/work). 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