The Texas Attorney General has decided to crack down on abusive mortgage servicing practices -after a FOX news 4 investigative piece that noted homeowner complaints involving their mortgage servicing company; American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. a/k/a AHMSI.In an earlier blog,...
August 2010 Archives
As I noted in an earlier blog, when it is a little ol' consumer up against a big corporation, there just doesn't seem to be any compelling reason for that mortgage servicer, or big bank to TELL THE TRUTH. Image...
I know I have been unusually silent this week and apologize for not being able to respond to many emails --yet. The reason being is I have been in Utah at a conference for victim advocates and attending and presenting...
New York-based attorney Susan Chana Lask has filed a federal class action complaint on behalf of tens of thousands of New York State homeowners who lost their homes to an alleged foreclosure fraud orchestrated for years by a New York...
If you haven't yet heard, yes, there's yet another a new Facebook "phishing" scam making the rounds. Many FB users have fallen for this scam and as they click on the link that comes with a message about Facebook's new...
Jacksonville homeowners Hank and Marilyn Pocopanni, along with their attorneys Chip and Patricia Parker of Parker & DuFresne were able to successfully prove what many homeowners have been claiming; their home was about to be stolen out from under them....
So, you think you have your mortgage covered...you make your payments on time, pay your taxes and insurance, and then somehow you get the dreaded foreclosure letter. How can that be? Watch the below video of a FOX 4 investigative...
So you're surfing the Internet when you spot a good deal on a popular electronic item. This could be an expensive cell phone, a PDA, or perhaps a TV set. You contact the seller, who quotes you a very good...
In a class action lawsuit brought by California consumers claiming that Wells Fargo Bank manipulated its processing of customer debit card purchases to maximize overdraft fees, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup held in a 90-page opinion that Wells Fargo...
TALLAHASSEE, FL - Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced his office has launched three new investigations into allegations of unfair and deceptive actions by Florida law firms handling foreclosure cases. The Attorney General's Economic Crimes Division is investigating whether improper...
Quick scam alert...DO NOT FALL FOR the latest email scam circulating. It arrives as an order confirmation from ZAPPOS and though it appears to look very authentic -it's anything but. The email includes ZAPPOS' official phone number and logo and...
Since July 2009, an estimated 72 data breaches in 30 states have been reported, according to Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. Privacy Right's web site shows that in approximately 88 percent of these instances, a student or individual's SSN was exposed. These...
The fate of consumer and employee class actions will rest in the hands of the Supreme Court this November. In AT&T v. Concepcion, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether corporations can ban class actions in the fine print of...
Mother Jones reporter Andy Kroll has done homeowners across this country a great justice in his latest and greatest investigative piece. It's a MUST read for attorneys, judges and anyone who has a home, had a home, is considering buying...
As parents we strive to keep our kids safe at all times. They depend on us to protect them from all sorts of predators. Unfortunately, scammers continue to make that job increasingly difficult. We often hear about identity theft and...
A memoir exposing the steep price consumers pay when facing mortgage servicing errors, inaccurate credit reporting, illegal debt collection practices, identity theft and weak consumer protection laws. THE BOOK » DENISE'S STORY »
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