Unsecure, open-source and outdated email platforms are the root cause of this variety of fraud. “Every single Realtor uses Gmail, AOL or a brokerage email. That’s where it starts — because we have to reply to the agent,” said Min J. Bowler, president of Lakeshore Title Agency, based in Rolling Meadows. “It’s the agents’ emails that are being hacked and they don’t realize it.” Real estate lawyers, mortgage brokers and others are also guilty, she added.
