Flip This House . . . 0
. . . even though you don’t own it. My local rag describes the scam; here’s a snippet:
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Pam Day, owner of Day Title Services in Richmond, said technology is making such crimes even easier. Land records are now on the Internet, enabling thieves to electronically lift and replicate signatures. It could get worse if the industry starts using one electronic signature for closing, which she said some people advocate because buyers and sellers wouldn’t need to sign huge stacks of paper.
“That’s where we are going in the future,” she said, “but unfortunately, you’ve got the World Wide Web of crooks out there.”
