Tips for Avoiding Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue and Loan Modification Scams
Warning Signs That You May Be Dealing With A Mortgage Foreclosure and Loan Modification Scam Operator

If The Company:

• Demands a fee in advance. No legitimate organization that works with borrowers to avoid foreclosure will ever ask for money up front.
• Makes unsolicited offers or “lofty” advertisements, claiming they can help save your home.
• Offers to negotiate a loan modification for a fee.
• Recommends you break off contact with the lender and any counselor that you may have been working with.
• Advises you to stop making mortgage payments.
• Tells you to send your mortgage payment to anyone other than your loan servicer.
• Instructs you to transfer ownership of your property.
• Makes verbal promises that aren’t put in writing.
• Asks you to sign a document that has blank lines or spaces.