Calgary’s strong housing market combined with post-flood construction could be the perfect recipe for unscrupulous contractors, warn local fraud experts.
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Calgary’s strong housing market combined with post-flood construction could be the perfect recipe for unscrupulous contractors, warn local fraud experts.
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A single mother in Red Deer is sounding the alarm about a contractor who took her money and gave her nothing in return.
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Just one year ago, the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported that it could not find any federal requirements for banks to train tellers and others to spot or report elder financial exploitation.
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A greater need for housing in Grande Prairie could very well be fuelling recent online rental market scams regarding properties throughout the city, says one Grande Prairie-based realtor.
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DETROIT — Pamela Glasner’s dad had Alzheimer’s disease and was living in a nursing home when her mother died.
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Everyday consumers aren’t the only ones who are targeted by scam artists running fake foreign lotteries, sending scam e-mails about a so-called “approved loan” or making phony pitches for “free” trial offers.
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Fraud and investment scams abound at all levels of the real estate market – whether it be a contractor who charges hundreds of dollars for work not done to an “investment agent” who embezzles hundreds of millions – protecting yourself can require a measure of vigilance and legwork, but it can also come down to exercising skepticism and common sense.
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LAS VEGAS — Your mobile device has never been more ripe to be hacked.
That’s especially true if you’re using an iPhone, iPad or a Google Android smartphone or touch tablet, according to talks at the B
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At the AARP conference in May, an attendee came over to Barbara Floyd Jones’ booth and shared a unfortunate tale of financial woe. A fake company masquerading as a government-affiliated housing agency had swindled the unsuspecting homeowner out of $10,000 amid promises to modify the mortgage. After coughing up cash for phony “processing fees”, the victim was left five figures poorer with no mortgage relief in sight. It wasn’t the first time Floyd Jones had heard such a tale nor will it be her last.
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An Ottawa real estate investors club had warned its members to steer clear of a rent-to-own business that’s now facing more than $2 million in lawsuits.
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