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scam: Top Five Scams And How To Beat Them - 08/28/08 01:53 PM

I came across this article and wanted to share the info. Included are Home Improvement scams and Mortgage Bait & Switch scams...could be important to some of our clients.
Especially close to mind for me was the one regarding Fake Checks. Our office advertised a listing in Yucaipa for a horse property on CraigsList. We received a response from someone in Nigeria. As his emails regarding the property became more strongly worded when I kept asking for a commitment that agreed with our regulations I finally asked that he wire (not send a check) $10,000 to open an escrow his emails … (11 comments)

scam: Renters in Foreclosure Also Scam Targets - 07/08/08 01:26 PM

In July 2007 Alberta and her husband signed a 2 year lease option agreement for a home in Hesperia, California only to find out 10 months later that the home was in the final stages of the foreclosure process and that it had entered default the previous December. At the same time they found out that the person being represented as the owner (landlord) was neither the property owner nor the owner’s representative. They had paid over $20,000.00 dollars to a scam artist with no hope of getting any of it back.
A lease option or lease-to-own agreement typically asks … (1 comments)

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