Dylancvest
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- California
So my fiancé and I are trying to buy our first home.
We've saved a long time.
I'll try and keep short. My realtor fowarded and email to me containing a message from my title company with instructions on where to wire our closing costs to. The person giving the instructions very cleverly impersonated and real employee at the title company. The instructions were fruadualant, and long story short we were scammed out of all our closing costs and we are 2 days out from when we were supposed to close.
The money is frozen in the fraud dept at Wells Fargo thanks to my phone call.
Many people involved are expecting me to front another 15,500 in closing costs (which we don't have) to get my house or we will lose the house we worked hard for.
The scammer had information about us which included, who my realtor was, which title company we were using, our emails, address of the house, and the time frame we were looking to close.
What are my options? Who is liable for the money loss? Is it worth getting a lawyer? Should we sue for our privacy being violated? And who would would be reasponsible for the leaked information?
Any help would be appricaiated?
Should I be putting my foot down for someone else to eat those closing costs or at minimum front then until when/if my money is returned?
We've saved a long time.
I'll try and keep short. My realtor fowarded and email to me containing a message from my title company with instructions on where to wire our closing costs to. The person giving the instructions very cleverly impersonated and real employee at the title company. The instructions were fruadualant, and long story short we were scammed out of all our closing costs and we are 2 days out from when we were supposed to close.
The money is frozen in the fraud dept at Wells Fargo thanks to my phone call.
Many people involved are expecting me to front another 15,500 in closing costs (which we don't have) to get my house or we will lose the house we worked hard for.
The scammer had information about us which included, who my realtor was, which title company we were using, our emails, address of the house, and the time frame we were looking to close.
What are my options? Who is liable for the money loss? Is it worth getting a lawyer? Should we sue for our privacy being violated? And who would would be reasponsible for the leaked information?
Any help would be appricaiated?
Should I be putting my foot down for someone else to eat those closing costs or at minimum front then until when/if my money is returned?