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Mortgage Relief Scams

Scammers promise to make changes to your mortgage loan or take other steps to save your home, but they don’t deliver. Never pay a company upfront for promises to help you get relief on paying your mortgage.
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Rental Listing Scams

When you’re looking for an apartment or vacation rental, you’re probably looking at price, location and amenities.

Consumer Alert

Keys to avoiding home rental scams

Colleen Tressler

Need more space than an apartment, condo or townhouse can offer, but not ready to buy? A single-family home rental may fit the bill.

Consumer Alert

Section 8 scammers cheat people seeking housing

Lisa Lake

If you’re looking for Section 8 housing assistance, here’s something you need to know: scammers have made websites that look like registration sites for Section 8 waiting list lotteries.

Consumer Alert

Be on the lookout for timeshare resale phonies

Lisa Lake

The FTC and state consumer protection agencies have shut down dishonest timeshare resellers for bilking timeshare owners out of millions of dollars.