MortgageRescue

A collection of 25 federal and state agencies have lodged a total of 189 actions against individuals and companies who allegedly deceived consumers into paying for bogus foreclosure rescue and mortgage modification programs, the Federal Trade Commission announced.The crackdown, called "Operation...

As the economy struggled and the housing market lost its massive gains -- taking homeowners' equity down with it -- scams to help consumers avoid foreclosure have been booming. Crackdowns here and there seem to have done little to dissuade others from preying on people in their most dire...