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Florida Cybercrime Losses Surged to $1.6 Billion in 2025
Incidents: 71,843 (Up 38% over 2024)

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Crime Report 2025

Don't Be a Fraud Magnet!

Protect Yourself, Your Business & Your Clients

We’re Fraud Magnets! Our industry is constantly under attack by fraudsters who impersonate sellers, forge documents, steal transaction funds and much more.

Start integrating the minimum standards and strongly recommended advisements into your daily operations and develop a comprehensive Incident Response Plan now.

Don't Be a Fraud Magnet

How to Report Cyber Fraud

If you feel that your business or information may be compromised through a cyber attack:

  • Immediately inform the sender bank – contact the Chief of Security and ask for a recall of the wire.
  • Immediately inform the receiving bank.
  • Immediately contact the nearest U.S. Secret Service field office.
    • Miami Field Office: (305) 863-5000
    • Orlando Field Office: (407) 648-6333
    • Jacksonville Field Office: (904) 296-0133
    • Tampa Field Office: (813) 228-2636
  • All suspected cases of cyber fraud can be reported to the Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov. If the cyber fraud involved a wire transfer, report to https://complaint.ic3.gov. Note: These websites merely collect data. Do not expect to receive a response from the authorities.

On-Demand Webinars

  • Protecting NPI – Pillar 3 - Watch Now

    This 2-part webinar examines ALTA Best Practices Pillar 3: Privacy and Information Security, focusing on protecting a customer's Non-public Personal Information.

  • Record Retention and Disposal: Put It in Writing - Watch Now

    Learn the parameters of information security and their applicability to practitioners, rules on confidentiality, safeguarding information, and proper disposal.

  • Spot the Fraud - Watch Now

    Learn helpful tips and practice pointers to ensure legitimacy and authenticity of documents, mortgage payoff statements and forms of photo id.

Webinar Library

  • Real Property and Fake Sellers - Watch Now

    During this webinar, Julie Lepore, President and Owner of Total FIRPTA, LLC presents Real Property and Fake Sellers. You will learn how to spot fraudulent sales early on, understand how to properly vet the seller's identity, and establish policies and protocols to protect all parties. Foreign Seller or Scam Alert? Is My Seller Subject to FIRPTA? Checklist Online Resource - ID Checker

  • The Invisible Seller: Avoiding Vacant Land Fraud - Watch Now

    What are the red flags for a fraudulent vacant land sale?  Watch a dramatic enactment of an imaginary deal gone very, very wrong and learn what title agents and others can do to avoid this re-emerging scheme that can cost time, money, and heartache. We’ll look at some of the ways the fraudsters operate, how to spot a potential fraud, and when to just walk away. In addition, attendees will learn how to spot fraudulent Florida driver licenses often utilized in vacant land frauds. Supporting Materials

  • A Whole Lotta BS (Behavioral Science) about Cybersecurity - Watch Now

    Let's be honest: most of us find cybersecurity frustrating. Thinking up long complex passwords, trying to find our phones when we need a code to log in to an account… it’s a pain! And if we believe the scary cybersecurity headlines about cyber-attacks and data breaches, none of it seems to be working. How do we make sense of it all? If you find it confusing, you’re not alone. New research from the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) reveals insights about the public’s attitudes and beliefs about security. Via this interactive webinar, we’ll compare agents' attitudes on cybersecurity to those of participants in NCA’s study and cut through the confusion to give you easy, practical advice on how to keep themselves, their families and firms safe and secure. Presented by Lisa Plaggemier, Executive Director at the National Cybersecurity Alliance.

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