How EscrowNotices sources and publishes advisories and alerts.

What this is

EscrowNotices is a source-first directory of wire fraud advisories, DFPI/DRE bulletins, and industry alerts. It indexes advisories and alerts from the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), the California Department of Real Estate (DRE), the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the American Land Title Association (ALTA), and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Every entry links to the issuing body's publication. The directory is searchable and filterable by issuing body, advisory type, date, and severity.

What this is not

Not an official government source. Not a comprehensive index of every advisory ever published. Not a recommendation or endorsement of any advisory or issuing body. Advisory data is seeded from public sources and may not reflect the latest updates from the issuing body. Always verify against the linked primary source.

Data sources

DFPI (Department of Financial Protection and Innovation): Consumer alerts, industry bulletins, and escrow law consumer information. Sourced from the DFPI website at dfpi.ca.gov.

DRE (Department of Real Estate): Consumer alerts and e-alerts for real estate professionals, including wire fraud warnings relevant to escrow and settlement. Sourced from the DRE website at dre.ca.gov.

FBI / IC3 (Internet Crime Complaint Center): Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and annual reports on business email compromise (BEC) and real estate wire fraud. Sourced from ic3.gov and fbi.gov.

ALTA (American Land Title Association): Wire fraud alerts, best practices, and industry alerts for the title and settlement industry. Sourced from alta.org.

FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network): Advisories and financial trend analyses on email compromise fraud schemes, including those targeting the real estate sector. Sourced from fincen.gov.

Scam-source-register reuse: Entries from the EscrowAtlas scam-source-register that are advisories or alerts (not court filings or enforcement actions) are reused here with a source link back to the original public record. This avoids duplication across EscrowAtlas properties.

Architecture

EscrowNotices is a cached seed layer over public advisory data. The pipeline runs on demand and writes a static JSON file (plus RSS feed) that the site loads at page load time. The site itself is fully static, client-side, with no backend.

Schema

Each entry in the advisory directory carries the following fields:

• Title: the advisory title
• Issuing body: the organization that issued the advisory (DFPI, DRE, FBI IC3, FBI, ALTA, FinCEN)
• Date: ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD) when the advisory was published
• Advisory type: consumer alert, industry bulletin, wire fraud alert, BEC PSA, advisory, e-alert, financial trend analysis, or annual report
• Summary: factual summary of what the advisory reports
• Source link: HTTPS URL to the issuing body's publication
• Severity: high, medium, or low
• Affected parties: who is affected by the advisory

Advisory types

The directory uses a controlled vocabulary for advisory types: consumer alert, industry bulletin, wire fraud alert, BEC PSA, advisory, e-alert, financial trend analysis, and annual report. These types help filter the directory by the nature of the advisory.

Severity levels

Each advisory is assigned a severity level: high, medium, or low. High severity advisories report active threats with significant financial impact (e.g., BEC schemes targeting wire transfers). Medium severity advisories report important guidance or alerts with moderate impact. Low severity advisories report informational resources or general guidance.

RSS feed

The site provides an RSS feed of advisories. Subscribe in your reader to get notified when new advisories are added.

Relationship to other EscrowAtlas properties

EscrowNotices focuses on advisories and alerts: forward-looking guidance from issuing bodies about threats and best practices. It complements EscrowCases (enforcement actions and court case summaries) and EscrowMeetings (upcoming public meeting agenda watch). Together, these properties provide a comprehensive view of the regulatory landscape affecting the escrow industry.

Claim boundary

EscrowNotices does not approve, certify, verify, insure, or recommend any advisory or issuing body. The boundary line is: The office decides. Veto records the review. No banned affirmative claims about Veto appear on any page.

Corrections

See an error? A wrong date, a broken source link, a missing advisory? Email corrections@tryveto.com or visit the corrections desk. Corrections are acknowledged within 7 days. The issuing body's publication always wins.