About questionable home foreclosures




Key foreclosure documents fabricated

In thousands of foreclosure cases, key documents may have been fabricated by employees of mortgage servicing companies who have falsely held themselves out as bank officers. Because most foreclosures are the result of defaults, the validity of these assignments has most often gone...


Foreclosure Fraud Seminars

Recently, the Pinellas County Department of Justice and Consumer Services delivered the first of four foreclosure fraud seminars. Len Ciecieznski, community outreach coordinator for the Pinellas County Communications Department, warned that scammers are now taking advantage of homeowners receiving demand letters from their lenders or the lenders’ lawyers. Scammers promise people who have fallen behind on their mortgage that they can save their home through special deals they have with lenders....

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Mortgage Electro...

In many foreclosures, the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS) is involved. Originally designed to track servicing rights and ownership of mortgage loans in the United States, MERS is a private...

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Is Mortage Servi...

In a recent series, Fraud Digest reports that Assignments are often missing critical documents in foreclosure documents. Foreclosure Document Mills Despite the hundreds of thousands of foreclosure cases,...

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FTC Proposes Rule That Would Bar Mortgage Relief Companies from Charging Up-Front Fees

Posted on Feb 11 2010
The Federal Trade Commission moved to protect distressed homeowners from the promoters of bogus foreclosure rescue and mortgage modification services by proposing a new rule that would forbid companies...

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS) And Foreclosures

Posted on Feb 05 2010
In many foreclosures, the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS) is involved. Originally designed to track servicing rights and ownership of mortgage loans in the United States, MERS is a private...




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