{"id":11320,"date":"2026-04-06T09:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalland.com\/blog\/?p=11320"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:58:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:58:04","slug":"real-estate-fraud-seller-impersonation-and-land-title-scams-what-every-landowner-needs-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalland.com\/blog\/real-estate-fraud-seller-impersonation-and-land-title-scams-what-every-landowner-needs-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Estate Fraud, Seller Impersonation and Land Title Scams: What Every Landowner Needs to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;btn-skin=7&amp;multiple_size=600&amp;square_size=300&amp;order=episodic&amp;filter=all&amp;limit=600&amp;season=all&amp;tag=all&amp;i=afa8h-1a83598-pb\" width=\"640\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Someone could list your land for sale today, find a buyer, close the deal, and pocket the money. You would not know it happened until it was too late to stop it. This is not hypothetical. It is happening right now across the country, and vacant land owned free and clear by out-of-state or absentee owners is the number one target.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">In this conversation, National Land Realty broker Ryan Schroeder out of Nebraska, compliance director Jeramy Stephens out of Arkansas, and COO Susan Floyd out of South Carolina pull back the curtain on every major fraud scheme hitting the land industry today. They break down seller impersonation, where scammers mine public records to steal a landowner&#8217;s identity and list property they have never set foot on. They cover wire fraud and how a single intercepted email has cost buyers and sellers everything at closing. They walk through forged quitclaim deeds, contract flipping, and the fake earnest money check scheme that catches agents off guard more than people realize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">More importantly, they tell you exactly what to do about it. From free government monitoring tools like propertyfraudalert.com to why putting land in an LLC adds a layer of protection most owners never consider, this episode is a practical checklist for inherited landowners, rural investors, real estate agents and anyone sitting on property they do not visit regularly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">If you own land and nobody is watching it, this one is for you.<\/p>\n<p>Visit National Land Realty to contact an agent or view our inventory<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalland.com\">https:\/\/www.nationalland.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fraud Resources:<\/p>\n<p>Forewarn<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forewarn.com\/\">https:\/\/www.forewarn.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TrueCaller<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.truecaller.com\/\">https:\/\/www.truecaller.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>True People Search<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.truepeoplesearch.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\">https:\/\/www.truepeoplesearch.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Property Fraud Alert<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyfraudalert.com\">https:\/\/www.propertyfraudalert.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Home Title Lock<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hometitlelock.com\/\">https:\/\/www.hometitlelock.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Register of Deeds office (Local Resource)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone could list your land for sale today, find a buyer, close the deal, and pocket the money. 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It is happening right now across the country, and vacant land owned free and clear by out-of-state or absentee &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalland.com\/blog\/real-estate-fraud-seller-impersonation-and-land-title-scams-what-every-landowner-needs-to-know\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Real Estate Fraud, Seller Impersonation and Land Title Scams: What Every Landowner Needs to Know&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1217],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Real Estate Fraud, Seller Impersonation and Land Title Scams: What Every Landowner Needs to Know - National Land Realty News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Real estate fraud is an ongoing issue for buyers, sellers, and agents alike. 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