Alert: Spoofed Email Appears to Come from ALTA - ALTA Blog
ALTA is alerting its members to delete a phishing email with the subject line "Membership."
Like title and settlement companies, email from ALTA staff can be spoofed. In the latest scheme, a phishing email appears to come from John Sullivan asking recipients to respond to the email and make a membership payment. Note the fraudulent email address in the images.
This is a phishing email. ALTA's system was not breached. Your information is safe.
Do not respond or click any links in the email. In addition, you should contact your IT department and block the domain of the email or the IP address that it is coming from. Once the scammers catch on, they will likely switch email domains.
It's recommended to take extra precaution when reviewing email on smart phones as it can be difficult to see the actual email address behind the sender's name.
ALTA will never contact you and ask for login/passwords, credentials, credit card information, or payments by phone or via email. If an ALTA member is ever concerned about whether a person contacting them by phone or email for any reason is employed by ALTA, they should end the communication or conversation and call ALTA at 800-787-2582 or email [email protected] for confirmation.
Tips to Protect Yourself
ALTA understands that phishing attempts can be very clever, but we encourage everyone to slow down. It's always a good idea to:
- Carefully review all email headers to be sure that messages are coming from people or companies who are known to them; when in doubt, forward the message to the intended recipient to be sure that a reply does not end up in the wrong hands.
- Hover over any links in a message and see where a click will go – even links which appear to be a complete URL spelled out. Anything could be lurking beneath the that link.
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Taylor Spolidoro
Senior Director of Member Engagement & Development
American Land Title Association
Washington DC
+1 (202) 261-2944
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