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Per a recent report by the Better Business Bureau, 44% of Americans have been approached with a government impostor scam, and 77% of people surveyed were familiar with the practice.
A dream home became a nightmare when Raegan Bartlo and her husband lost $255K to real estate wire fraud. Learn how this elaborate scam works — and how to spot the signs you're about to be their ...
The Federal Trade Commission says it has permanently shut down an online scam that lured consumers into signing up for phony "free government grants" and debited their bank accounts without their ...
Critics claim that Lesko is misleading in his advertisements. A 2004 report by the New York State Consumer Protection Board claimed that most of the grants mentioned in Lesko's books were actually public assistance programs that many people were not eligible for, and that Lesko misrepresented examples of people who had taken advantage of government programs.
According to the SEC complaint, Acevedo and Roseman were responsible for hiring and training Woodbridge's sales force, and approving fraudulent marketing materials and sales scripts. They helped create the impression that Woodbridge was a legitimate operation when in reality it was a Ponzi scheme, the SEC said.
Equity stripping or equity skimming is a variation on lease-buyback and is one of the most common types of foreclosure rescue schemes. [4] In it, the perpetrator assumes ownership of the house while allowing the former owner to continue living there, provided that s/he pay rent to the perpetrator, who is the new owner.
Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail , if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail , if it's an important account email.
FBI’s 2023 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report revealed there were 9,521 real estate-based fraud complaints in 2023, which resulted in over $145 million in losses. Well, title fraud is ...