Cyber Alert

People across Australia have lost money due to hackers impersonating other parties by altering electronic communications, including emails, faxes, social media, text messages, instant messaging, applications, file-sharing platforms, and documents such as PDFs or Word files.

To reduce this risk, the following steps are critical. If you are involved in a transfer of funds, these are our expectations of you to help prevent such losses:

Where payment details are included in an electronic communication or document, you must NOT transfer (send, deposit, or pay) more than $500 AUD or its equivalent in any other currency unless:

1. You have first telephoned the apparent sender to verbally confirm the account number, details, and amounts—by reading out and reading back the account and BSB numbers. You must also give the same warning to anyone else connected to the matter and expected to be involved in transferring or receiving funds (including, but not limited to, brokers, family members, solicitors, and accountants);
   OR
2. You have been invited to use Securexchange.
   Securexchange is a secure website that protects property transactions from hackers by allowing property buyers, sellers, real estate agents, and lawyers to communicate and confirm sensitive information—such as documents and bank account details—in a safe environment.

PLEASE NOTE: QM Sales & Marketing will not transfer any monies held in Trust to an external party until we are able to verify the bank account using Securexchange.