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The mortgage industry’s use of “trigger leads” might be swamping your phone with spam calls. Here’s how you can opt out. Mortgage shoppers should beware of fraudulent spam calls.
Green Mirage scammers have impersonated more than 400 mortgage institutions and caused hundreds of thousands of dollars of losses to deceived homeowners, many of whom only learn of the fraud when ...
The Consumer Protection Division of the Maryland attorney general's (AG) office is warning consumers about home warranty scam letters addressed to homeowners. The division emphasized that these...
Matthew Bevan "Matt" Cox (born July 2, 1969) is an American former mortgage broker and admitted mortgage fraudster and con man. Cox, also a true crime author, wrote an unpublished manuscript entitled The Associates in which the main character traveled the country to perpetrate a mortgage fraud scheme similar to the one Cox ran.
Mortgage elimination is a type of mortgage fraud in the United States.In this scam, the promoter first convinces a mortgage holder that the debt that has been contracted is invalid or legally unenforceable, usually due to a combination of alleged technicalities in the note, deed of trust, or other loan documentation signed; the promoters often link their rationale for debt elimination to ...
This scam got a new lease on life in the electronic age with the virus hoax. Fake anti-virus software falsely claims that a computer is infected with viruses, and renders the machine inoperable with bogus warnings unless blackmail is paid. In the Datalink Computer Services incident, a mark was fleeced of several million dollars by a firm that ...
“So when Robillard […] received an email in late January from her mortgage broker with directions to wire a $398, 359.58 downpayment to a JPMorganChase account, she wasted no time sending the ...
An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith.In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money.