About Threatbender

Which company publishes Threatbender, and how it picks the sources behind each guide.

Threatbender is about two frauds in United States land and small business purchases: a fake seller, and a payment instruction someone has changed. Both end with money in a stranger's account. The guides link the source behind every outside fact.

The company behind the pages

Heirloom Acquisitions LLC, a small company run by its owner, publishes Threatbender. The company works with owners of land service companies who are preparing to sell, and with business brokers. The booking button on this site opens a call with the company.

Checking the sources

Each page starts as an AI-assisted draft. Nothing goes live until the company's owner has read the draft against every source it cites and approved it. Each guide records when it went live and when the owner last checked its facts.

The guides cite federal agencies, state registries, a prosecutor's press release and a few professional bodies, among them the American Land Title Association and the American Bar Association. Each fraud case links the agency or prosecutor record it comes from. The one made-up example on the site, a family company in the verification guide, is labeled at its start.

What the site cannot do

  • The pages cover United States practice in general terms and give no legal advice. A question about a specific deal goes to a lawyer licensed in the state where the property or business is.
  • The site is not an emergency line. The first-hour guide covers what happens after a bad wire, starting with the call to the bank that sent it.

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Talk through the checks before money moves

A 30-minute call about the checks to run on the other side of a deal before any money moves. Bring what the other side has sent so far.

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