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Loan Modification Credit Report

Question: Will a loan modification, on my 1st mortgage, effect credit bureau?

I am applying for a loan modification. If I decide later to sell my home, will this loan modification effect my credit report, so I am unable to purchase a new home?

Answer: As long as your credit is not terrible already from missing mortgage payments, A loan modification will usually not affect your credit score as long as you stay current.

Important things to know before you get Trade Lines on Credit Report! 25-75 Points!

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Mortgage Fraud Resources

Question: Realtor/Mortgage lender fraud? PLEASE HELP!!?

I had a very bad experience with the mortgage lender and realtor. I believe I got screwed on my house. I'm young, and they knew it. I want to post my story but its too long. Anyways, this has been eating me up for so long, and now i'm ready to take action. Does anybody know of any resources where I can look up illegal/legal lender/realtor practices in TEXAS. I don't need the code of ethics. I need solid law. I'm about to lose my house and this gave me enough courage to move forward. I've googled and looked at so many places and can't find anything. Please help. I have no money or time for legal consultation right now. I'm very depressed. I work 2 ft jobs, have a baby, and cant pay my bills anymore. Please help me!!!

Answer: There is a huge difference between fraud being committed by a Lender or Realtor and a Buyer who didn't have a clue as to what they were doing getting in way over his or her head.

The fact that you are young has nothing to do with anything. There are plenty of young people who research what they are doing before they do it so that they don't enter into a deal that isn't in their best interests.

The Texas AG's Office has a Mortgage Fraud Task Force that you can contact if it indeed was fraud.

Here is a link to the Texas Office of The Consumer Credit Commissioner that lists what is considered predatory lending practice in Texas, along with the Texas Code that addresses the issue:

http://www.occc.state.tx.us/pages/agency/strat05/pred.html

I hope you work things out. Good Luck.

Rocky Delgadillo, Fighting Mortgage Fraud 5

Mortgage Fraud Software

Hoax Emails has become very common sight in the email Inbox these days since E-mail has become an essential mode of communication in the modern world. Unfortunately, that means it's also one of the most common routes for virus infection and fraud. Below are some of the most common email frauds that are committed using this method.

Phishing Scams

"Phishing" is a high-tech scam that uses spam or Pop-up ad's messages to deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers, bank account information, Social Security number, passwords, or any other kind of confidential personal information. Identity theft is the goal of this Hoax emails scam.

The phisher sends you a fraudulent email that is designed to look like it was sent from a reputable company. The email directs you to a website that looks like it belongs to the reputable company, but is actually a spoof committing email fraud. You are asked to "update" your information here, or you get an email says you account has been locked or hacked then it tells you to click on the link to correct this problem and if you do, all that personal information goes straight to the phisher that uses this information for identity theft purposes such as making withdrawals from your bank and credit card accounts, ordering new credit cards which they promptly max out, etc.

Some of the most recent phishing attacks have spoofed the email and websites of well known companies, including eBay, Paypal, Yahoo, Pfizer, Bank of America, Microsoft among others.

Work-At-Home Scams:

These are some of the more tempting spam and hoax emails scams. They offer those who need to make extra money the opportunity to do so, and invariably the email will state: "no experience necessary." The scammer often claims to have "inside information," and tries to bait you with the lure of quick money for next to no effort. More often than not, you are asked to pay anywhere from $35 to several hundred dollars to purchase the kits or materials that will not earn you a dime. There are other types of this email fraud that offer other types of employment and easy money but are the same type of scam.

Some examples of this type of scams offer opportunities involving handicrafts, stuffing envelopes or medical billing on your home PC. If you fall for this email fraud and pay the fees for the handicraft or envelop-stuffing "kit," and complete the assembly of the crafts as instructed, you will be informed that your work is of poor quality and not worth paying for.

If you sign up for the medical billing "opportunity," you will be asked to purchase a list of doctors. These doctors are either fictional or do not want or need your services and never did. There are other hoax emails that offer similar opportunities.

Credit Repair Scams:

These scams tell promise to erase real and usually correct negative information that has been added to your credit report, the send you hoax emails telling you can qualify for loans, mortgages, unsecured credit cards, etc. This email fraud has become very popular with the current issues that many people are currently suffering from these days from bad credit.

These services rarely deliver on their promise, and more often than not, will create a great many more problems in the long run. They have even been known to suggest that you commit fraud e.g. falsifying your social security number.

Guaranteed loans on easy terms:

Some hoax email scams offer guaranteed, unsecured credit, such as a home-equity loans that does not require equity in your home, or credit cards regardless of your credit history. This email fraud is also very popular due to same people with credit issues.

This offer of credit is often extended by an off-shore bank.

This email fraud scam is often executed in conjunction with a pyramid scheme, which will encourage you to make earn money by signing up friends and family to participate in the scheme.

The promised offer of a home equity loans turns out to be a useless list of lenders who will turn you down if you don't meet their qualifications. The promised credit cards never come through, and the pyramid money-making schemes invariably collapse.

Below are some of the other common hoax emails that you will see. The key tipoff´s can be gleaned from the subject line or the content. Rather than using your personal name, they may say 'Dear valued customer'. But finding some variant of your name isn't difficult these days. Beware, in either case.

*Supposedly free giveaways in exchange for forwarding emails or possibly bogus virus alerts or false appeals to help sick children even pointless petitions that lead nowhere and accomplish nothing and dire, and completely fictional, warnings about products, companies, government policies or coming events.

There is no easy way to avoid these email fraud messages there is specialized software that can detect hoax emails along with phishing, though it hasn't reached maturity - it often identifies legitimate e-mail as fraud. Always treat requests for passwords or credit card numbers with suspicion. Remember, no legitimate financial institution will ask you to verify your password or sensitive data in an e-mail.

The good news is that, with a little bit of foreknowledge, Hoax emails are easy to detect as email fraud. Hidden within the colorful prose of your average email often lurk telling indicators of the email's veracity.

About the Author:

John Maier is online journalist, website publisher. That has worked as certified computer technician and engineer, he has built and supported computer systems and networks from small offices, to large enterprise client solutions.
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Source - Hoax Emails The Most Popular Email Fraud

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