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2012/11/09

Democracy: fake ‘landlords’ busy with foreclosure rental scams

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WASHINGTON — No one wants to take the blame for the housing bust in this political season, but scammers and rip-off artists in the hundreds are working overtime to siphon dollars out of the wreckage of the crash and its still vulnerable victims.

Freddie Mac — is warning about a new wave of post-crash fraud: scammers who illegally rent out its foreclosed and for-sale homes to unsuspecting consumers shopping for houses to lease.

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By Kenneth R. Harney Syndicated columnist
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