From this story, it sounds like a hacker broke into a Realtor's email account, then used it to try and get the Realtor's buyer to wire $5,000 into the hacker's bank account.
I can't say if this story is really true, but I don't see why it couldn't happen!
http://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/2dzzl1/how_i_almost_got_scammed_when_a_hacker_obtained/
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