BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – The FBI’s latest numbers show more than 58,000 people lost more than a billion dollars to real estate fraud in just four years, between 2019 and 2023. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) calls it a growing threat.
One of the newest threats of real estate fraud is called property deed fraud.
The FBI says criminals get enough information about you and your property to then forge documents and your signature, transferring your property into their name without your knowledge…