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Lawyers' Committee and Davis Polk file second suit this month targeting loan modification scam activity in Nassau county, New York

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05/04/2012 Whistleblower: Loan modification scams "a growing problem" The homeowners met at such places as Perkins or McDonald's, desperately handing over hundreds of dollars to Kevin Sistrunk in hopes he could help save their home from foreclosure. He never did. Instead, the more than $6,000 they gave him was deposited into his personal bank account.

04/23/2012 Avoiding Mortgage Relief Scams Consumers can lose valuable time to these dishonest players not to mention money. The nonprofit Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which has brought seven lawsuits nationwide involving fraudulent loan modifications, estimates that homeowners nationwide who reported scams to its database have lost over $60 million in the last two years alone, and that $4 million of those losses were suffered by New Yorkers.

04/09/2012 Hispanics Targeted in Mortgage Scams LAS VEGAS - Four loan modification firms were ordered to shut down by a state agency in the last two weeks. They were accused of swindling thousands of dollars out of struggling homeowners, in exchange for broken promises.

04/04/2012 Attorney General warns of settlement scams New York's Attorney General is warning to homeowners to be on the lookout for scams involving national mortgage servicing settlements.

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03/28/2012 Lawyers' Committee's Fight Against Unscrupulous Loan Modification Scammers Continues Second suit filed this month targeting loan modification scam activity in Nassau county, New York

03/14/2012 Lawyers' Committee & Davis Polk File Fourth Suit Targeting Loan Modification Scam in Nassau County The suit alleges vulnerable homeowners were defrauded out of tens of thousands of dollars while falsely promised much needed mortgage modifications.

03/14/2012 Lawyers' Committee & Partners File Suit for Mortgage Rescue Scam Targeted at Hispanics Suit is one of the first cases filed in federal court that alleges a violation of the FHA based on a mortgage rescue scam.

01/05/2012 National Loan Scam Prevention Database Surpasses Critical Milestone The Loan Modification Scam Prevention Network (LMSPN) recently reached a critical milestone in the national effort to stop foreclosure rescue scams. Through the efforts of homeowners, housing counselors, advocates and Network partners from across the country, the national Loan Modification Scam Database, led by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, has collected more than 20,000 scam complaint reports since its launch in March 2010.

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05/09/2012 National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - April 2012 For April, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.

04/09/2012 National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - March 2012 For March, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.

03/21/2012 National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - February 2012 For February, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.

03/21/2012 National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - January 2012 For January, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.

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The Loan Modification Scam Prevention Network is led by: