Loan Modifications Scams have popped up in California big time.  Our state Attorney General posts articles at its site with news on this ~ and how to Avoid Loan Modification Scams (click here). 

Five Tips to Avoid Being Scammed

1.  Don't pay up-front fees.

• Foreclosure consultants are prohibited by law from collecting money before services are performed.

2.  Don't ignore letters from your lender or loan servicer.

• Responding to those letters is your best bet for saving your house.

3.  Don't transfer title or sell your house to a "foreclosure rescuer."

• Beware! This is a scam to convince homeowners they can stay in the home as renters and buy their home back later. It might also be part of a fraudulent bankruptcy filing. Either way, a scammer can then evict the victim and take the home.

4.  Don't pay your mortgage payments to anyone other than your lender or loan servicer.

• Mortgage consultants often keep the money for themselves.

5. Never sign any documents without reading them first.

• Many homeowners think that they are signing documents for a loan modification or for a new loan to pay off the mortgage they are behind on. Later, they discover that they actually transferred ownership of their home to someone who is now trying to evict them.

See my article ~ Foreclosure Prevention and Loan Modification Help The Right Way ~ If You Are Upside Down on Your Mortgage.

See article at CA Attorney General web site ~ Five Tips to Avoid Being Scammed (click here). 

Other article ~  Brown Directs Foreclosure Consultants to Register with his Office and Post $100,000 Bond.

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Harrison K. Long, Explore Group, Coldwell Banker Previews, Irvine, CA.