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Scam Culprits ‘Spend Money to Make Money,’ Fraud Experts Say

June 8, 2009
Mortgage fraud has become so profitable and counterfeiting technology so sophisticated that perpetrators are even willing to risk investing money for bigger returns on an enterprising scam, according to mortgage fraud experts. Some scammers have taken the investor’s credo of “spending money to make money” to heart and they’re putting up money to convey an image of legitimacy, making...
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