Short Sale, Reverse Mortgage Ripoffs Make FBI's 2010 List Of Top Five Real Estate-Based Scams

From the Office of the FBI (Salt Lake City):

• Is someone letting you live in a home for free? Did a builder offer you deep discounts to move into a newly constructed house? Has a company offered to refinance your mortgage for a fee?

• If the answer to any of these questions is “yes,” then you may be a victim of a scam. FBI special agents and the state investigators with the Utah Division of Real Estate have compiled a list of top five mortgage related scams in 2010.

For the FBI's list, see Salt Lake City FBI and Utah Division of Real Estate Name Top Five Mortgage Scams in 2010.