Attorney General Letitia James is cautioning New Yorkers to guard their homes and properties from deed theft – when a thief takes the title to a home without the knowledge or consent of the homeowner. Also known as “property fraud” or “house stealing”, deed fraud most commonly happens in one of two ways: a thief forges the homeowner’s signature on a deed and files it in a county clerk’s office; or the homeowner is tricked into signing the deed [...]
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