{"id":5570,"date":"2017-08-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/real-estate-text-scam-makes-bold-accusation\/"},"modified":"2017-08-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T00:00:00","slug":"real-estate-text-scam-makes-bold-accusation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/real-estate-text-scam-makes-bold-accusation\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Estate Text Scam Makes Bold Accusation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"30.629661751951\">\n<!--\n\n<pre>-->  <\/p>\n<div property=\"dc:description\" readability=\"17.867302688638\"><!--paging_filter--><\/p>\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width: 250px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/realtormag.realtor.org\/sites\/realtormag.realtor.org\/files\/rmo_files\/images\/2017_aug\/Textscam360-1.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 444px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/realtormag.realtor.org\/sites\/realtormag.realtor.org\/files\/rmo_files\/images\/2017_aug\/Textscam360-2.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 224px; float: left;\"\/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Beware: Another phishing scam is targeting <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/property-center-nigeria\/\">real estate<\/a> pros. A broker recently received a text message claiming to be from the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae and accusing her of sending \u201cracist texts and emails.\u201d The text message demanded she pay a $1,345 fine.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"2.6466165413534\">\n<p><strong>Scams That Target Real Estate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Warning to Your Buyers: Closing Scam<\/p>\n<p>New Email Scam Can Trick Google Users<\/p>\n<p>9 Ways to Keep Data Secure<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The member alerted the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae to the scam. NAR promptly notified the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI recommends that anyone who receives a similar scam text to take the following steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Report the incident to the FBI IC3 web site.<\/li>\n<li>If you suspect that any phone numbers or contact information were obtained due to a breach of a computer system, alert your IT department or consult an IT specialist to scan your systems and make sure that you are free from malware.<\/li>\n<li>Real estate professionals who clicked on a link the text should promptly follow up with an IT specialist to ensure that their device is free from malware.<\/li>\n<li>You can follow up with the FBI after filing the IC3 report with your local field office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>By REALTOR\u00ae Magazine Daily News<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a hre=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/DailyRealEstateNews\/~3\/WktKplXzqAg\/real-estate-text-scam-makes-bold-accusation\"> Realtors.org <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beware: Another phishing scam is targeting real estate pros. A broker recently received a text message &hellip; <a title=\"Real Estate Text Scam Makes Bold Accusation\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/real-estate-text-scam-makes-bold-accusation\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Real Estate Text Scam Makes Bold Accusation<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[41,818,84,479,15296],"class_list":["post-5570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-property","tag-real","tag-real-estate","tag-realtor","tag-target"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Textscam360-1.png?fit=360%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}