When most people think of home theft, they picture a burglar breaking into a house through a window or door. However, there’s another form of home theft that is on the rise and often goes undetected: ...
While many scams are focused on collecting money or information through fake websites and suspicious emails, others involve a much larger target: property. Officials have recently been warning both ...
The advertising for home title theft sounds ominous and rampant. It may convince you to purchase title theft protection so that you don’t lose your home. However, reality is not quite so grim.
Art Pfizenmayer with Home Title Lock says that home title theft and deed fraud are a growing epidemic in the United States. He stopped by Studio 512 to talk about how consumers can protect themselves.
Homeowners need to be aware of house title theft, a type of fraud that threatens an individual’s ownership of their home. Property fraud in general is a costly problem. The FBI reports that in 2024, ...
Theft. When you hear about it, you might just think it happens in retail stores or with vehicles. In today’s world, you have to worry about people trying to steal your home through title theft. Art ...
The FBI said 11,500 people lost a total of $350 million to real-estate scams in 2021, up 64% from 2020. Home-title theft, in which fraudsters pose as property owners to sell real estate, can be ...
The Boston division of the FBI is sounding the alarm over a rise in home title theft, aka quit claim deed fraud, a scheme in which scammers forge documents to steal property ownership and cash in on ...
Surely you have seen former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich on TV speaking out on behalf of title lock insurance — a monitoring service to detect thieves stealing the title to your home. Has title ...
The Maricopa County Recorder's Office is launching a new alert system to fight a rising number of fraud schemes in which homes are sold out from under property owners, officials said. The new system, ...
While many scams are focused on collecting money or information through fake websites and suspicious emails, others involve a much larger target: property. Officials have recently been warning both ...