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2. 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 ...

3. Homeowners Beware: New Scam Letters Circulating in ... - AOL

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4. Foreclosure rescue scheme - Wikipedia

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   The scheme preys on desperate homeowners whose mortgages are in default by offering to prevent the foreclosure. [1] [2] There are various ways in which foreclosure rescue schemes work, causing different types of harm to the homeowners, but all ultimately with the likely end result of the owner being forced out of their home and losing even more ...

5. Foreclosure Scam: 530 Charged for Allegedly Defrauding ... - AOL

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   WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators have charged 530 people for allegedly defrauding more than 73,000 desperate homeowners around the country who fell behind on mortgage payments, leaving them ...

6. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   • Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.

7. Seeing red (flags): How to avoid a foreclosure avoidance scam

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   Real estate expert Barbara Corcoran appeared on The Today Show this morning to explain the top foreclosure avoidance scams to look out for. If you know anyone struggling with mortgage payments ...

8. Equity stripping - Wikipedia

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   Subprime loans targeted at vulnerable and unsophisticated homeowners often lead to foreclosure, and those victims more often fall to equity stripping scams. [2] Additionally, some do consider equity stripping, in essence, a form of predatory lending since the scam works essentially like a high-cost and risky refinancing.

9. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...