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Marc Diaz / February 18, 2014

Scam Alert!

There is always a real estate scam going around.

This one in particular has the following elements:

  • foreign buyer,
  • cash buyer,
  • wishes to hire an attorney,
  • communicates via email only,
  • sends unsolicited copy of bank statement (usually Canadian bank),
  • sends too much earnest money in the form of a check,
  • then asks for a refund of excess earnest money.

Click here for a long thread of people who have received this kind of solicitation.

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