{"id":1074,"date":"2021-12-03T08:14:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T08:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onset-media.com\/eaglesafe\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2021-12-03T11:08:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T11:08:29","slug":"thieves-steal-peoples-houses-by-using-fake-deeds-heres-how-to-protect-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onset-media.com\/eaglesafe\/blogs\/thieves-steal-peoples-houses-by-using-fake-deeds-heres-how-to-protect-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves steal people\u2019s houses by using fake deeds. Here\u2019s how to protect your home."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lisa J. Huriash, South Florida Sun Sentinel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerned that a thief could steal a deed of a house and toss the rightful residents to the street, the Broward County Property Appraiser\u2019s Office has started a free service to monitor property ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative, dubbed \u201cOwner Alert,\u201d notifies residents if the county office gets paperwork changing property ownership. It doesn\u2019t prevent the fraud from happening, but alerts rightful owners within 24 hours by email if there\u2019s a mess that needs to be cleaned up before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe longer the fraud goes on, the more opportunity for these criminals to really take advantage of somebody and cloud the title to their property,\u201d said Marty Kiar, the Broward County Property Appraiser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople file fake deeds all the time to fraud people out of their property,\u201d Kiar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thieves determine if homes are empty, often searching people\u2019s photos on social media to find out if they\u2019re on vacation or gone from home. Then they\u2019ll file a fake deed, take the house and rent it out, Kiar said. \u201cIt\u2019s a big criminal enterprise. And these criminals are getting more sophisticated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiar said he came up with the idea after the 2017 after a Hollywood couple forged documents to claim ownership of $17 million worth of real estate in New York and Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using a fraudulent deed indicating that the property belonged to New York Mortgage Corp., the couple evicted a resident from their home in Hollywood with help from police in 2015, federal officials said. They also changed the locks on the property. It took almost a year to develop the new county program. Since Kiar opened registration last week, it hit 50,000 sign-ups on Monday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lisa J. Huriash, South Florida Sun Sentinel Concerned that a thief could steal a deed of a house and toss the rightful residents to the street, the Broward County Property Appraiser\u2019s Office has started a free service to monitor property ownership. The initiative, dubbed \u201cOwner Alert,\u201d notifies residents if the county office gets paperwork changing …<\/p>\n

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