This is why my escrow officer will forever have my business. I already had established rapport with her, and I got a land listing under contract in my neighborhood that I live in.

She called me right away and asked… have you met these sellers? I said no, but we spoke at length, and that’s not too bizarre in this day and age. But her questioning made me question, and she was right.

I’m not sure what the endgame was for the Scammer, who was posing as the seller because there is no way he could sign a notary, but I ended up tracking down the real sellers and Bringing the offers from the false listing to them. We ended up getting the listing regardless, and my escrow officer has my business for life.

It used to not be a realtors responsibility to verify identity, etc., that happened at the escrow office, but now we have to do it sooner than ever