An inherited house is a common target specifically because it can sit vacant for weeks while family members work out next steps, and nobody is necessarily checking the mail, watching for an unauthorized for-sale sign, or expecting any contact from a lawyer's office.
An elderly owner who has moved into care but still holds title is a second common profile, particularly if a power of attorney is in place, since that document itself becomes something a fraudster tries to imitate rather than the owner's signature directly.
The fix is the same for every profile: someone checking the property regularly and a title alert through your lawyer, which typically adds to the $800 to $1,500 in legal fees a file already carries. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.