ELECTRONIC REPORTS
We provide you with an original sign appraisal
report, however, we know the speed and pace of business to-day
requires quick delivery of the appraisal report for decision
to be made. As well as faxing out reports we also provide
electronic reports produced in a PDF
(portable document file) files. You will need the latest
version of Acrobat Reader to view them.
These report have been digitally signed and secured by the
appraiser's individual passwords.
Real estate fraud in Canada has increase
dramatically. If you are a user of our appraisal reports, we
support only originally signed reports or electronic reports sent
directly from INHOUSE APPRAISAL. Reports forwarded from
another user should not be relied upon. Any digital document
generated from a computer is complied in 1's and 0's. Even
though this document has be secured buy passwords and has encryption
codes some creative fraudsters could modify the appearance of
appraisal reports resulting in misleading information.
The fraud of appraisal reports could be in altered
comments, final values, changed descriptions, modified address and
on..... The reports could have also been changed by OCR
scanners. Reports sent by e-mail may not have originally been
sent from the appraiser and the email accounts could have been
spoofed. The same goes for faxed report as the header for the
fax machine could have been change to appear to have been sent from
INHOUSE's fax servers. Insure that you receive the report
directly from INHOUSE Appraisal. If have any concerns
regarding a report contact us immediately.
Visit our Fraud
Prevention web page for other information.
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