Light, upbeat music plays throughout. A blue background fills the screen. A white-lined box rises up as copy appears inside and below it.
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ATTENTION HOMEBUYERS: It's a scammer's market.
The blue background changes to an animated scene of the inside of a home office filled with moving boxes. A man wearing glasses (his name is Kyle) is carrying one of the boxes and walks over to a desk where there's an open laptop and a stack of more boxes. A gray cat hops on top of a stack of boxes on the floor before hopping on the desk, and Kyle leans in to pet it.
Kyle: Hey, buddy. Looks like someone's getting excited about moving into our new place.
The laptop emits a notification sound. Kyle looks at the laptop to find that he's just received an email.
Kyle: What's this? A message from the title company?
Kyle opens the email and begins reading it.
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Title Company <rob@TrustUsTitleCompany.com>
To: Kyle Finley
Kyle - You need too have the cash-to-close amount of $66,784.00 wired to our account today.
Kyle: Need to have cash-to-close… wired to our account today. Ooh! Better get on this. New house, here we come!
Suddenly, another man appears. This man looks exactly like Kyle: same clothes, same hair, same voice—but he's wearing a blue cape.
Caped Kyle: Hold up. Did you notice that typo in that email? And…
Kyle: Yeah, the sender's address is a little off.
Caped Kyle: Thinking what I'm thinking?
Kyle: It's a scam!
Caped Kyle: Yep. It's a scam.
Kyle: But how do I know for sure?
Caped Kyle: Call the title company to verify. This is your cash we're talking about. That's what I would do.
The men smile at each other.
Kyle: I like the cape.
Caped Kyle: It's a good look.
The cat pops up out of a moving box that's in-between the two men. It looks at both of the men as if it's confused who the real Kyle is. A question mark appears over the cat's head, and it meows.
A blue background fills the screen again. Another white-lined box rises up as copy appears inside and below it.
Onscreen text:
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