Every Buyer must call their escrow holder directly and verify the wire transfer instructions prior to sending any funds into escrow. Online banking fraud is a serious issue and is on the rise. Incidents have occurred where the emailed wire instructions received by a Buyer are not the same wire instructions that the escrow holder sent. Computer hackers have been intercepting unsecured emails and changing the payment instructions to direct funds into offshore accounts. While y our escrow holder will send wire instructions via secured email, personal verification of those instructions is the only safe way to ensure your funds safely make it to escrow.