Deed fraud and identity theft often go hand-in-hand, so it’s important to guard your Social Security number, identification ...

Kosciusko County officials say they are responding to a rise in home title theft cases as the crime becomes more common across the country. Home title theft happens when someone illegally transfers ...

The ads are pretty frightening. They claim a crook could steal your home with nothing but a bit of paperwork. “You don’t check your home title every 24 hours. That’s all the time criminals need to ...

Imagine waking up one day to find your name erased from your deed — or worse, your home sold out from under you. Deed theft, also known as title fraud, is a real and rising threat, with crooks forging ...

Palm Beach County officials are collaborating to combat a significant increase in scams targeting residents. Scammers are using AI to clone relatives' voices and are also filing fake property ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Waianae family lost their disabled relative’s one-acre property to alleged title theft despite working with attorneys to gain legal guardianship and sell the home to pay ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Hawaii lawmaker says he has developed a solution to make it easier to prevent scammers from profiting from property title theft after an HNN investigation revealed gaps in ...

Property deed fraud is a rapidly growing crime in Palm Beach County, with cases increasing from four to 180 in two years. County Clerk Mike Caruso is urging residents to sign up for a free property ...

A few weeks ago, longtime realtor Chris Anderson got a text from a person who wanted her help. “They wanted to talk to me about selling their land,” she said. “They said that they lived out of area ...