If a company asks for money to help someone with a loan modification, the chances are they could be part of a scam. The foreclosure rate nationwide is approximately 3.1 million foreclosures, according ...

Con artists have been taking advantage of people who are in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure. Federal and state officials are trying to crack down on the bogus loan modification firms. They ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Three Sacramento-area attorneys have been arrested for running what prosecutors say was a loan modification scam that allegedly bilked homeowners out of thousands of dollars ...

TALLAHASSEE, FL – As part of National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Bill McCollum today issued a consumer advisory on foreclosure rescue services and foreclosure-related loan modification ...

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island woman has been charged with operating a loan modification scam. Tania Ayala was arrested Sunday at her Uniondale home and charged with grand larceny. Authorities ...

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî Federal and state officials are cracking down on mortgage modification scams, accusing “criminal actors” of preying on desperate borrowers caught up in the nation’s housing crisis.

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Several consumers in Western Virginia have been contacted by loan modification companies offering services in direct violation of FTC regulations. While there are many reputable mortgage relief ...

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Beau Starr and his family must face the prospect that their home may be gone forever. I just got slapped with an auction date may 9th, two months away, Starr worriedly said. The family has lost $9,000 ...

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