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rental fraud: Rental Scam Rearing Its Ugly Head Again. Beware. - 11/10/10 08:28 PM
They're baaaaack.
Or more likely, they never really left. Last year (and the year before) I wrote a warning about people renting out houses that didn't belong to them. The most recent cases come from Lake Elsinore where two families have become recent victims, according to the Sheriff's Department. 
Someone posted signs along Highway 74 advertising homes for rent on Marquise Street and another on Sunsprite. In each case, the victims called the number, met a man at the property, signed rental contracts on the spot and paid cash for first and last months rent. Shortly after moving in they were … (4 comments)

rental fraud: Fraudster Claims Inalienable Right to Scam - 02/03/09 08:29 PM
'It's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye'. Did your mother ever tell you that when you were a kid? Yeah, I never understood it either - but then I never poked my eye out either so that might be the difference. It really was all fun and games.
But while nobody would accuse the real estate fraud industry of being all fun and games, at least it has been a relatively peaceful genre of crime - which may be one reason it hasn't garnered the attention in deserves from law enforcement. As our own DA told us - … (1 comments)

rental fraud: Rental Fraud - Advise Prospective Tenants to Be Wary! - 05/07/08 12:15 AM
rental fraud Our Mortgage Fraud Task Force has continued to meet - and meet with some success. We have now had a meeting with our District Attorney, Rod Pacheco, and have had meetings and conversations with members of his White Collar Crime task force that encompasses Real Estate Fraud. Our initial concerns regarding their apparent lack of involvement have been somewhat assuaged. Although we have yet to see an indictment handed down against any of the perpetrators in our area, we have been assured that they are actively working on it. We are also attempting to provide mls access to the … (6 comments)