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  2. How to protect yourself from real estate wire fraud - AOL

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    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 ...

  3. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    Get-rich-quick schemes are extremely varied; these include fake franchises, real estate "sure things", get-rich-quick books, wealth-building seminars, self-help gurus, sure-fire inventions, useless products, chain letters, fortune tellers, quack doctors, miracle pharmaceuticals, foreign exchange fraud, Nigerian money scams, fraudulent treasure hunts, and charms and talismans.

  4. Lease-to-Own Lure: Alleged Real Estate Scam Preyed on ... - AOL

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    According to real estate agents and landlords who count themselves as her victims: Winegardner posed over and over again as a prospective homebuyer interested in a lease-to-own option; she never ...

  5. Swampland in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Swampland in Florida is a figure of speech referring to real estate scams in which a seller misrepresents unusable swampland as developable property. These types of unseen property scams became widely known in the United States in the 20th century, and the phrase is often used metaphorically for any scam that misrepresents what is being sold.

  6. Scam baiting - Wikipedia

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    For scams conducted via written communication, baiters may answer scam emails using throwaway email accounts, pretending to be receptive to scammers' offers. [4]Popular methods of accomplishing the first objective are to ask scammers to fill out lengthy questionnaires; [5] to bait scammers into taking long trips; to encourage the use of poorly made props or inappropriate English-language ...

  7. Lexington attorney found guilty of defrauding $2M from ...

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    A Lexington lawyer faces prison time for defrauding his clients of $2 million by concealing information about real estate properties he was encouraging them to invest in.

  8. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    On October 7, 2015, Burton Greenberg of Plantation, Florida, and Bruce Kane, an Ithaca, NY, CPA but resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, were arrested by the FBI for a 9-year Ponzi scheme that swindled investors out of over $10 million. The scam was operated under the name "Global Financial Fund 8, LLP".

  9. 10 Things You Should Always Buy at an Estate Sale If ... - AOL

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    From vinyl records to vintage Pyrex, these are the items experts say you should never pass up.