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The INDEPENDENT, November 7, 2002
Latest phone scam uses hook of low interest home refinancing
The newest telephone scam
in O regon has callers, who
identify themselves as working
for a financial institution, offer
ing to refinance homes at low
interest rates. “To begin the
loan process” the caller directs
the property owner to fax copies
of personal identification docu
ments and send six months pre
payment of the loan.
Successful scammers reap
not only valuable personal in
formation from victims, but also
cash.
This scam, as reported to
Oregon’s Division of Finance
and Corporate Securities, in
volves “ New Life Financial
Credit Union of Canada,” which
required property owners to
send $1,800 in prepayments.
New Life Financial Credit Union
of Canada is not a real credit
union and it has been the sub
ject of inquiries from Oregoni
ans and other U.S. citizens.
The division warns that other
names
and
“prepaym ent"
amounts may be used in the
scam.
Jan Margosian, consum er
information coordinator at the
D epartm ent of Justice, said
that
telem arketing
scams
based in Canada have been in
creasing for the past five years.
Canadian scam artists, she
said, watch trends and news
headlines and take advantage
wherever possible. Canadian-
based boiler rooms have been
placing calls about sweep-
stakes, mortgage opportunities,
high-stakes lotteries, advance-
fee loans, investment opportu
nities and prize promotions.
Consumers are warned to
insist on written offers that can
be taken to trusted advisors or
compared to offers from local
companies, not to wire money
or give it to runners sent by
companies and to be wary of
any sales calls coming from
outside the country.
For more information on mort
gage-refinance and investment
related scams, call the Oregon
Division of Finance and Corpo
rate Securities at 1-866-814-
9710. For other questions, call
the Attorney General’s Consumer
Hotline at 1-877-877-9392.
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