US News The ultimate identity theft: house stealing

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What do you get when you combine two popular rackets these days—identity theft and mortgage fraud? A totally new kind of crime: house stealing.

Here’s how it generally works:

… The con artists start by picking out a house to steal—say, YOURS.

… Next, they assume your identity—getting a hold of your name and personal information (easy enough to do off the Internet) and using that to create fake IDs, social security cards, etc.

… Then, they go to an office supply store and purchase forms that transfer property.

… After forging your signature and using the fake IDs, they file these deeds with the proper authorities, and lo and behold, your house is now THEIRS.

Read more about the scam here.
 

darkRae

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It's their fault for letting their personal information known by someone else.
 

Bartuc08

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It's their fault for letting their personal information known by someone else.


that's like getting your phone stolen from school and the teacher says "oh well you shouldn't have it here anyway"

(happened to me)

and besides today its so easy to get personnel information from somone....
 

darkRae

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> that's like getting your phone stolen from school and the teacher says "oh well you shouldn't have it here anyway

That's a bit different.
I mean, let's say someone from the Internet asks you your name, address, etc.
Would you tell him?
 

Bartuc08

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haha, of course not...

I'm assuming these people are smart enough to not do that either, but I'm also giving the world far more then it deserves in terms of common sense...
 
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