This type of fraud was almost unheard of until somebody thought it would be a good idea to put the "public records" online where they could be accessed by anyone, anywhere in the world. It was a stupid mistake that has cost thousands of honest people there homes.

Many of us reported on this in Source of Title and members of NALTEA testified before state legislatures in an effort to stop deed fraud at it's source, online "public records". We were met at every turn with resistance by the very people who were profiting the most, the tech companies, data miners and criminals.

Thankfully, most of the counties I serve were intelligent enough to keep their records off the Internet.