Let's take this question I received in my forum as an example of  doing a little due diligence. This member was asking if a California Loan Modification company can help her in South Carolina and if they were a scam?  Within 1 minute on Google, I located the company and some disturbing facts.

Here is the discussion and I hope it helps others out there.

Question:

Loan Workout Consultants, LLC. in Tarzana, CA, LLC. in Tarzana, CA. The guy claims they will do all the paperwork and contacting Bank of America with a 100% guarantee of a loan mod we can afford or our money back.

He wants $500 good faith money to get

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