Woman fights to take back house stolen in deed-fraud scam

NY Post ^ | 10/12/14 | By Amber Jamieson

[conservative98]

Now we are to decide what she should have done with her personal property?
Your comment it fit for DU, not FR.

What should she have done? Try not leaving it unattended and unseen for several months at a time and have someone check up on it on a regular basis. Quite frankly she was nieve and became a target. My comment is perfect for FR. Don't rely on the govn't or the police to protect you. She should have taken more personal responsibility and taken better precautions and at least then she would have found out about it a few days after instead of several months.

[conservative98]

A spike in her February water bill, which she got on May 27, first alerted her to illegal occupants. She called 911, but when cops went to the house, Beatty told them he was the legal resident.

She went to investigate herself and was “horrified” to find the locks changed and her car missing. Peering through the windows, she saw most of her possessions were also gone.

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Front door needs paint and the brickwork is in disrepair. It doesn’t look lived in and may be way the fraudsters chose her home. Also I would have gotten a security alarm from Mark Levin for the home and garage. Then she would have found out immediately when the locks were changed. All before her car and stuff went missing, instead of months later by looking at the utility bill from the squatters. The city was wrong on the deed, but she also left her home vulnerable while she was away which is how all of this happened.