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  2. 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.

  3. Extraterrestrial real estate - Wikipedia

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    Extraterrestrial real estate refers to claims of land ownership on other planets, natural satellites, or parts of space by certain organizations or individuals. Previous [clarification needed] claims are not recognized by any authority, and have no legal standing. Nevertheless, some private individuals and organizations have claimed ownership ...

  4. Manesar land scam - Wikipedia

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    The land was returned to the Haryana government's HUDA/HSIDC. [5] Land would not be returned to the landholders as they already received more money than the prevailing price. [11] The builders will not be allowed to recover any money they paid to land owners as the deal was done to benefit them and middlemen. [11]

  5. FCC warns of 50-state scam by fraudsters posing as mortgage ...

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    Homeowners across the U.S. are being targeted in a sophisticated scam in which callers pose as mortgage lenders to defraud people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Federal ...

  6. Auction of a dozen disputed lots owned by ‘King of Coconut ...

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    The auction, scheduled for Friday, had attracted 42 bidders and an opening bid of $16.5 million for prime properties that were owned and marketed by Grove developer Doug Cox, who is accused of ...

  7. Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act of 1968 - Wikipedia

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    Builders argued that the statute was not meant for sophisticated wealthy buyers and the purchaser's attorneys apologetically, used it to successfully get clients out of contracts and to obtain a refund of the down payment. [4] In other cases using the statute the attorneys for the purchasers received large discounts off the purchase price. [6]

  8. 10 most common eBay scams to look out for

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    The buyers cannot do much as they paid by bank transfer and the seller is free to run the scam again on another account.” How to avoid it: Never send money on trust. “This scam is quite easy ...

  9. Established Titles - Wikipedia

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    Established Titles is a company which sells souvenir plots of Scottish land from 1 sq ft (0.09 m 2) to 20 sq ft (1.86 m 2).The company retains legal ownership of the land. While the company claims that those who buy the 'plots' can choose to be titled Lord, Laird or Lady, as part of a supposed "traditional Scottish custom", souvenir plots are too small to be legally registered for ownership ...