cyber criminals are using stolen emails to sell the house of one of his victims
Gabriela Villarreal responsible for having sold a house half a million dollars and documents stolen from the email account web surfers.
offenders are believed stolen data to access the email account of Roger Mildenhall, the rightful owner of the property, and by peeking between your e found a number of personal documents, including title one of the houses of Mildenhall.
The property is located in Australia, but the owner lives in South Africa for a year. The distance prevented Mildenhall realized what had happened and only learned of the problem last week when neighbors told her that someone had put their house up for sale.
Mildenhall traveled to Australia just in time to prevent the deal closes, but there he learned in June that cybercriminals had sold another of its properties, valued at $ 500,000.
Brian Greig, the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA) said that all transactions are conducted via email, phone and fax, without having any personal relationship with the owner of the property.
"Agents have told us that it is increasingly common for transacting without face to face interaction, especially when the buyers live in other states or countries, "said Greig.
"It is clear that this was a sophisticated attack that tricked the owner, realtor, agent agreements, banks, and (...) the Department of Land Administration," said Greig.
The Department of Consumer Protection in Australia has begun an investigation to determine exactly what did the cyber criminals to impersonate Mildenhall and gather enough documentation to sell the properties.
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