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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - February 2013
For February, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - January 2013
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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Issue Brief: Minority Homeowners Disproportionately Impacted by Distressed Homeowner Fraud
Lawyers' Committee's National Loan Scam Database indicates that minority homeowners are victimized at twice their homeownership rates.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - December 2012
For December, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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Issue Brief: Homeowners Aged 51+ Still Among the Hardest Hit by Distressed Homeowner Fraud
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Issue Brief: Loan Modification Scammers Are Evolving to Lure Vulnerable Homeowners
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - November 2012
For November, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - October 2012
For October, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - September 2012
For September, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - August 2012
For August, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - July 2012
For July, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - June 2012
For June, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - May 2012
For May, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - December 2011
For December, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - November 2011
For November, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - October 2011
For October, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - September 2011
For September, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - August 2011
For August, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - July 2011
For July, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - June 2011
For June, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - May 2011
For May, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - April 2011
For April, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - March 2011
For March, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Database Report - February 2011
For February, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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LMSPN Annual Report 2010
The LMSPN has released its 2010 Annual Report detailing the activities and accomplishments of the campaign.
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National Loan Modification Scam Database Report- January 2011
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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FTC's Advance Fee Ban Takes Effect & Other FTC Resources
As of January 31, 2011, under the FTC's Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Rule, companies that offer to help homeowners get their loans modified or sell them other types of mortgage assistance relief services are no longer allowed to charge up-front fees.
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National Loan Modification Scam Database Report- December 2010
For December, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Database Report- November 2010
For November, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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Lawyers' Committee's Comment on the FTC's Proposed Rulemaking regarding Mortgage Assistance Relief Services
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National Loan Modification Scam Database Report- October 2010
For October, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Database Report-September 2010
For September, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Database Report- August 2010
For August, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.
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National Loan Modification Scam Database Report- July 2010
For July this monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data, which is housed in the national Loan Modification Scam Database, and highlights the prevalence of fake government affiliation scams.
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National Loan Modification Scam Database Report- June 2010
For June this monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data, which is housed in the national Loan Modification Scam Database, and highlights the impact of scams on homeowners aged 51 and older.
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National Loan Modification Scam Database Report- May 2010
For May this monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data, which is housed in the national Loan Modification Scam Database, and highlights attorney involvement in alleged scam activity.
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National Loan Modification Scam Database Report- April 2010
For April this monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data, which is housed in the national Loan Modification Scam Database, and highlights the impact of scams on communities of color.
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Foreclosure Rescue Scams: A Nightmare complicating the American Dream
In March 2010, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition released a report entitled "Foreclosure Rescue Scams: A Nightmare complicating the American Dream." A review of 115 foreclosure prevention service providers highlighted that foreclosures rescue / loan modification scams have become more prevalent and present a significant consumer protection concern. At least half of the service providers requested up-front fees for modification services and also gave homeowners incomplete and inaccurate information about federal loan modification programs.
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Defending against Foreclosure Rescue Scams
In August 2009, the Public Law Institute released an online continuing legal education session for attorneys to assist clients who have been victimized in loan modification scams.
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Desperate Homeowners: Loan Mod Scammers Step in When Loan Servicers Refuse to Provide Relief
National Consumer Law Center report documenting the havoc wreaked by the opportunistic perpetrators of loan modification scams.
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Legislative Solutions For Preventing Loan Modification
In May 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity held a hearing on loan modification scams.
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The Housing Crisis in Los Angeles and Responses to Preventing Foreclosures and Foreclosure Rescue Fraud
In March 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity held a field hearing on foreclosure prevention and loan modification scams in Los Angeles, California.
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Model State Legilsation to Combat Loan Modification Scams
In March 2008, the National Consumer Law Center publicly circulated a model statute for states to adopt to combat loan modification scams.
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Dreams Foreclosed
In May 2005, National Consumer Law Center released a report entitled which exposed the proliferation of equity-stripping scams, then a particularly common form of loan modification scam.
