Closings are where the money and the risk meet
Agents work from everywhere, deals move fast, and large sums change hands over email at exactly the moment everyone is busiest. That is a very specific risk profile, and it needs controls built for it.
Published research
Business email compromise cost 2.77 billion dollars in one year
The FBI's 2024 Internet Crime Report recorded 2.77 billion US dollars in reported losses from business email compromise across 21,442 complaints. Real estate closings are a favourite target, because the attacker only needs to change the bank details on one wire instruction at the right moment.
Source: FBI Internet Crime ReportWhat it means for you
The attack is not technically clever. It works because nobody picks up the phone to verify before sending.
What we hear
The pressure points in real estate
Wire instructions over email
The exact process attackers target, happening under time pressure on every deal.
Agents on personal devices
Work happening on phones and laptops the brokerage does not own or control.
Documents everywhere
Contracts and client records spread across personal drives, email, and whatever the agent used last.
Fast onboarding and offboarding
Agents join and leave regularly, and access tends to follow only the first of those.
What we put in place
Built for how you actually operate
Not a generic support plan with your industry written on the cover. These are the things that matter in your environment.
Wire fraud controls
Verification procedures for payment instructions plus email authentication that makes spoofing your domain much harder.
Email protection built for this
Filtering and impersonation detection tuned for the lookalike domains and reply chain hijacking used against brokerages.
Secure document handling
One place for contracts and client records, with access you can see and revoke, instead of files living in personal accounts.
Mobile agents supported properly
Devices set up to work anywhere with security that travels with them, rather than security that only exists in the office.
Clean joiners and leavers
A repeatable process so an agent who leaves loses access to email, files, and systems the same day.
Staff awareness that sticks
Short, practical training on what a fraudulent closing email actually looks like, aimed at the people handling them.
What changes
What it looks like once this is running
We start by reviewing what you have now and telling you honestly what would cause problems. No obligation, and no pressure either way.
Talk about your environment- A verification step before funds move on any deal
- Client documents in one controlled place, not scattered across personal accounts
- Agents productive anywhere without the brokerage losing control
- Departing agents actually losing access
Also relevant
Other industries we support
Let us look at your setup
A short call, a clear picture of where you stand, and a straight answer about what is worth fixing first.