“Foreclosure Rescue Scams” Have Dramatically Increased in Number Says Tennessee Legal Aid Office
Legal Services E-lert
Date of E-Lert – 12/14/07
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Author: Janell Ross
Source: The Tennessean
Date: 12/6/2007
The Tennessean reports: “She was behind on her $30,000 home equity loan. She had a letter from a law firm that said her house would be sold at a foreclosure auction Nov. 9. And she had letters from companies that said they could help her keep her South Nashville home and even get rid of all her debt . . . . The [LSC-funded] Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee used to get 10 to 12 calls a month about such scams, managing attorney David Tarpley said. Now the office gets about five to 10 a week.”
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