Fraud is an unfortunate reality in the real estate industry today. You are responsible for ensuring that your funds are delivered to the intended party, so it is important to be wary of any payment instructions sent to you electronically, even if those instructions appear to come from a trusted source. Any payment instructions sent from our office will come from one of the following email addresses: brian@ponder.law, hannah@ponder.law, and/or stacey@ponder.law. Our office will never send you wiring instructions via text message or from a personal email address. Do not trust any correspondence indicating a change in our wiring instructions. Wiring instructions sent from our office will be password protected, and you will need to call our office to obtain the password to access the instructions. Always verify wiring instructions verbally with our office before sending your funds and follow up with us to confirm that we received your payment. Please note that ACH (Automatic Clearing House) Transfers are not accepted or honored by Ponder Law. Please verify with your bank that the transfer is not an ACH Transfer prior to sending funds.