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Inquire before you wire! Wire Fraud Alert This Notice is not intended to pmvide legal or professional advice. If you have any questions, please constat with a lawyer. All partles to a real estate transaction are targets for wire fraud and many have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars because they simply relied on the wire instructions received via email, without further verification. If funds are to be wired in conpanction with this real estate transaction, we strongly recommend verbal verification of wire Instructions through a known, trusted phone number prior to sending funds. In addition, the following non-exclusive set -protection strategies are recommended to minimize exposure to possible wire fraud. • NEVER RELY on emalle purporting to change wire Instructions. Parties to a transaction rarely change wire Instructions in the course of a transaction. • ALWAYS VERIFY wire instructions, specifically the ABA routing number and account number, by calling the party who sent the instructions to you. DO NOT use the phone number provided In the email containing the instructions, use phone numbers you have called before or can otherwise verify. Obtain the phone number of relevant parties to the transaction as soon as an escrow account Is opened. DO NOT send an ema8 to verify as the email address may be Incorrect or the mail may be Intercepted by the fraudater. • USE COMPLEX EMAIL PASSWORDS that employ a combination of mixed case, numbers, and symbols. Make your passwords greater then eight (8) characters. Also, change your password often and do NOT reuse the same password for other online accounts. • USE MULTbFACTOR AUTHENTICATION for email accounts. Your email provider or IT staff may have specific instructions on how to Implement this feature. For more Information on wlre-fraud stems or to report an incident, please refer to the following links: Federal Bureau of fnvesff ~.- hffv:1Awww.rbi.aov Internal Crhne Complaint Center. hfm:l/ww Jc3.acv Wire Freud Alert Page 1 original E-madva Date: EMIM017 Curers version Date: Ell 112017 WIRE0010 (Dal Rev. 12107117) TA! andQB F/de/eyfJat(onel Hrtendal, fnc. eM/oran erfllfete. ANdghls reserved