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  2. Home sale scams ramp up amid a housing market short on ... - AOL

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    In 2022, the FBI received 11,727 real estate-related complaints with losses of over $396 million, an 86% increase versus 2020 levels. Home sale scams ramp up amid a housing market short on ...

  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. Scam baiting - Wikipedia

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    In May 2004, a Something Awful forum poster asked for advice on how to deal with a bogus escrow scam from a buyer on eBay. Since the eBay auction was for an Apple PowerBook G4, the poster sent a three-ring binder crudely dressed as a PowerBook and declared it to customs at the value of a real product. The buyer, who lived overseas, paid several ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Spanish property bubble - Wikipedia

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    Evolution of the price of square meter in Spain, in euros Stages of a speculative bubble. The Spanish property bubble is the collapsed overshooting part of a long-term price increase of Spanish real estate prices. This long-term price increase has happened in various stages from 1985 up to 2008.

  7. How to find a good real estate agent: An 8-step guide for buyers

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    This is an important one: Whether they represent the buyer or seller in a transaction, real estate agents earn a commission on the deal, usually a percentage of the home’s sale price. Each agent ...

  8. Pigeon drop - Wikipedia

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    Shredded paper, which has been used as a decoy for cash in this scam [1]. The pigeon drop or Spanish handkerchief or Chilean handkerchief is a confidence trick in which a mark, or "pigeon", is persuaded to give up a sum of money in order to secure the rights to a larger sum of money, or more valuable object.

  9. Costa Blanca - Wikipedia

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    The localities along the Costa Blanca are Alicante (Alicante/Alacant), Altea, Benidorm, Benissa (Benisa), Calpe (Calp), Dénia (Denia), Elche (Elche/Elx), El Campello (Campello), Finestrat, Guardamar del Segura, L'Alfàs del Pi (Alfaz del Pi), Orihuela Costa, Pilar de la Horadada, Santa Pola, Teulada–Moraira, Torrevieja, Villajoyosa ...