Property Title Scam

Mar 18, 2013 at 06:20 am by bryan


Nearly 30 home sales in Tennessee have been disrupted by letters making bogus claims on property titles. Tennessee’s Secretary of State Tre Hargett says it’s not clear what motivation is behind the letters, but his office is treating them as a possible new scam. At least eight real estate companies have reported receiving messages from an organization in Portland, Oregon, called the French Trust. All of them threaten legal action if the sale goes through. Hargett says the letters make a number of statements that are not true, including a reference to his own office. He urges anyone who receives a similar message to contact the Secretary of State’s Business Services Division.

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