‘A Title Bomb’: How Forged Deeds and a County Clerk Glitch Are Stealing Homes From Rightful Owners

You paid your mortgage for 20 years. You have the deed. You have the keys. You pay your property taxes. And in the eyes of the State of California, none of it matters.

A new, terrifyingly simple scam is exploding from LA to the Bay Area. It’s called “title fraud,” and it’s a quiet bomb that detonates your life.

Here’s how it works: A criminal, using easily-found public data, forges your signature on a “quitclaim deed,” signing your own home over to a shell corporation they created yesterday. They file this fake, forged document at the county recorder’s office…

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