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They are still happening: Real estate leasing scams continue to pose a threat to property owners in Texas, especially in the greater Houston area, prompting the Texas Real Estate Commission (星空体育app下载) to issue warnings such as this press release sent to more than a dozen news outlets鈥攎ost of them based in the southeastern part of the state鈥攊ncluding ,

The Texas Real Estate Commission is assisting the聽聽in educating license holders of trending fraud schemes.聽

Over the last several months, TLTA is seeing more people fall victim to seller impersonators. Prime target properties are vacant land or investment property such as vacation homes, second homes, rental properties, and any other instance where the tax mailing address is different than the property owner鈥檚 address.

Recently, the Commission was whose license was revoked by the agency. Although this kind of fraudulent behavior is not typical for 星空体育app下载 license holders, this serves as an important reminder that Texans should always investigate any real estate service providers they engage or work with.聽

Before wiring money for an escrow deposit or to close on a home purchase, License Holders should make sure to talk with their clients to ensure they are sending funds to the correct recipient and account. 聽Consumers should not rely on instructions sent by email without contacting their broker or sales agent to verify the instructions are correct, since emails may be hijacked by potential scammers. for more information on what to look out for and avoid.