Fraud

EquityProtect, a provider of real estate fraud prevention and data security, released its quarterly Property Protection Scorecard, finding that 12 states now have dedicated deed theft laws, up from seven when the Scorecard launched in April. New laws in Alabama and Maryland take effect today, and Arizona’s took effect Sept. 12.

EquityProtect, an innovator in real estate fraud prevention and data security, has surpassed $1 billion in protected property value — a milestone that arrives as FBI data shows real estate fraud losses topping $173 million in a single year and as millions of homeowners across 16 states remain without any dedicated deed-fraud law to protect them.

EquityProtect launched the EquityProtect Property Protection Scorecard, a first-of-its-kind quarterly report tracking the status of deed theft and property title fraud legislation across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

EquityProtect, a real estate fraud prevention and data security company, has stepped in to prevent an active attempt to unlawfully sell property owned by a couple in Steuben County, Indiana.

EquityProtect, an innovator in real estate fraud prevention and data security, effectively protected a San Luis Obispo County property owner from a sophisticated real estate scam. The situation exemplifies one of many cases in which EquityProtect has stepped in to prevent fraud before it happens, and it highlights the inefficacy of monitoring services that simply alert property owners after fraud has occurred.

EquityProtect, an innovator in real estate fraud prevention and data security, is partnering with real estate brokerages nationwide to provide homeowners protection from title theft. Through this partnership, brokerages can offer clients access to EquityProtect’s patented technology designed to safeguard homeowners from deed theft crimes.

Settlor, an independent national title technology provider, has integrated its innovative cloud-based title production software (TPS) with CertifID, a national provider of fraud protection for title and real estate.

EquityProtect, a provider of real estate fraud prevention and data security, has partnered with title companies across the nation to provide property owners with enhanced safeguards that complement their existing title insurance.

EquityProtect, a leader in real estate fraud prevention and data security, has partnered with Pacific Coast Title Company, a technology-focused leading title agent in California, to offer victims of California’s recent wildfires free protection from title theft with EquityProtect’s patented technology designed to safeguard homeowners from deed theft crimes.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions published a study evaluating how financial institutions (FIs) detect and mitigate authorized transfer scams, where fraudsters manipulate or deceive account holders to transfer funds to them. Here’s what it concluded: