Tri-Lingual Senior Summit

Date: June 12, 2010 – 8:00am Location: Oxnard College 4000 South Rose Ave. Oxnard, CA 93033 REFAT will have a booth from 8:00AM-3:00PM

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Real Estate Fraud Town Hall Meeting

October 18, 2011 Ed Martinez, REFAT Public Outreach Committee Member Oxnard, Calfornia-People from all walks of life with the common bond of home ownership came to listen with hopes of finding a way to navigate through the maze of information to help save their homes. Some are

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REFAT Helps Industry Professionals Lose Fraudulent Weight

May 20, 2010 Janet Dorsey, REFAT Public Outreach Chair If you weren’t in attendance at the Ventura County Real Estate Fraud Advisory Team’s (REFAT’s) Industry Outreach Forum on Thursday, May 20th, you missed out on three dynamic, heavy-hitting speakers discussing current fraudulent activity and efforts to lose

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Home Mortgage Relief Through Litigation

Date: March, 2011 Home Mortgage Relief Through Litigation and “Too Good to Be True” Claims Regarding Its Use to Avoid and/or Stop Foreclosure, Obtain Loan Principal Reduction, and to Let You Have Your Home “Free and Clear” of Any Mortgage). This alert is written to warn consumers

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Principal Reduction Scam Alert

Date: January, 2011 Based on current trends in real estate fraud investigations, the following summary of a new version of a foreclosure rescue scam has been provided by a prosecutor in Northern California. We have seen similar seminars and scams operating in Ventura County.    One such scam

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Forensic Mortgage Loan Audit Scams

Date: October, 2010 Fraudulent foreclosure “rescue” professionals use half-truths and outright lies to sell services that promise relief to homeowners in distress. In exchange for an upfront fee of several hundred dollars, so-called forensic loan auditors… Download

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