International Property Investment » real estate scams http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com Property Investment around the World - Buying Investment Properties Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:28:08 +0000 en hourly 1 admin admin International Property Investment Blog No No U.S. Investors: How To Spot a Real Estate Scam http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/u-s-investors-how-to-spot-a-real-estate-scam http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/u-s-investors-how-to-spot-a-real-estate-scam#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:38:30 +0000 pgrundy http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/?p=1213 Adetroit-golf-coursell successful scams and cons have two things in common:

1) All scams involve a ‘hook’ designed to play on our natural greed and opportunism by asking us to do something that seems only slightly unethical (on the surface) in exchange for a huge monetary pay off. 2) All scams then count on our shame at accepting illicit terms to make sure we don’t report the crime or pursue justice.

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]]> http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/u-s-investors-how-to-spot-a-real-estate-scam/feed 0 Fortuna Estates: Busted by Spanish Police for Land Fraud http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/fortuna-estates-busted-by-spanish-police-for-land-fraud http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/fortuna-estates-busted-by-spanish-police-for-land-fraud#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:32:30 +0000 admin http://internationalpropertyinvestment.com/fortuna-estates-busted-by-spanish-police-for-land-fraud The Spanish land investment scam run for years by Fortuna Estates has finally been busted, with the Spanish fraud squad swooping last week on several office in Mijas and Fuengirola, arresting at least 2 people, and questioning 20 others. This could be one of the biggest Spanish real estate scams to date, with hundreds, if not thousands of British and Irish victims. The Spanish authorities estimate that Fortuna Estates made at least 65 million Euros out of this fraud.

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