{
  "slug": "deed-fraud-owner-key",
  "title": "Someone sold your land. You found out from the neighbours.",
  "summary": "Seller impersonation fraud concentrates on vacant land because nobody is watching. Verifying sellers harder has not worked. An owner registered key would.",
  "lede": "Seller impersonation fraud does not target the house you live in. It targets the three acres you inherited, the lot you have been holding since 2009, the cabin you visit twice a year. The industry's answer has been to verify sellers harder at closing, which is a check performed on a stranger by people who have never met the real owner.",
  "date": "2026-09-13",
  "reading_time": "16 min read",
  "category": "Fraud",
  "tags": [
    "deed fraud",
    "seller impersonation",
    "title fraud",
    "vacant land",
    "notarization",
    "property records",
    "title insurance"
  ],
  "image": "https://cdn.twc.sh/images/igcache/Deed%20Fraud%20Seller%20Impersonation/1200_630/blog.jpg",
  "url": "/blog/deed-fraud-owner-key.html",
  "wordcount": 4460,
  "related": [
    "real-estate-wire-fraud",
    "esignature-proves-the-mailbox",
    "passkey-recovery-weakest-link"
  ],
  "schema": "Article"
}