03/18/2026
Real estate fraud is real — and I just experienced it firsthand.
This KFOR story about real estate fraud cannot be shared enough. This particular case involves rental fraud, and Reporter Spencer Humphrey did an incredible job exposing the underbelly of it. I’m grateful he included me in the story.
I recently experienced something similar — but on the purchase side.
The buyer, my client, was legitimate.
Of course, I am real.
The listing agent was legitimate.
The “seller”… was not.
A few weeks ago, after closing on a lot in a well-known Edmond neighborhood, I received this voice message from Lisa Kalman at Legacy Title Co:
“Anne, I have stopped payment on all of the checks. This was a fraudulent transaction. I repeat — this was a fraudulent transaction.”
What? The buyer had paid. The deal was done.
This may sound dramatic, but it shook me.
Thankfully, because of the incredible professionals in the title and banking world, the buyer’s money was safe.
The real owner of the lot still owns the property.
What was lost was something harder to replace — a little bit of innocence and trust.
And that’s what's tragic.
The best advice I can give is this:
Make sure all parties are who they say they are. And unfortunately, you can’t rely on a driver’s license alone.
They faked that, too.
After a local Facebook user questioned whether a Mustang home rental listing was a scam, News 4 confirmed it was—sparking threats from the suspected scammer and exposing a growing trend of fraudule…
