LoanModificationScam

NeighborWorks, a national nonprofit created by Congress in 1974, has launched a campaign that is loan modification scam central: tips on how to spot scams, numbers to call if you suspect you are being scammed and poignant vignettes of people who have been scammed. The timing for a national...

Desperation is powerful fodder for scams and a troubled and problem-plagued federal loan modification program offers added opportunity for scamming. So it comes as no surprise that the New Jersey company that reached a settlement this week with the Idaho attorney general's office after being...