Foreclosure Rescue Scams Reading List

Anyone new to the area of foreclosure rescue scams may want to avail themselves of the following reading list (materials listed in reverse chronological order of their publishing date) in an effort to get up to speed on how to recognize and prevent these rackets:

• United States Government Accountability Office, Homeownership Preservation (Federal Efforts to Combat Foreclosure Rescue Schemes Are Under Way, but Improved Planning Elements Could Enhance Progress) (July 2010);

• Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Mortgage Loan Fraud: Loan Modification and Foreclosure Rescue Scams (Evolving Trends and Patterns in Bank Secrecy Act Reporting) (May 2010);

• National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Foreclosure Rescue Scams: A Nightmare Complicating the American Dream (March 2010);

• National Consumer Law Center, Desperate Homeowners: Loan Mod Scammers Step in When Loan Servicers Refuse to Provide Relief (July 2009);

• National Consumer Law Center, Dreams Foreclosed: The Rampant Theft of Americans' Homes Through Equity-stripping Foreclosure 'Rescue' Scams (June 2005);

• Ad Hoc Task Force of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, Final Report Of The Bankruptcy Foreclosure Scam Task Force (May 1998).