Desperate homeowners easy prey for scammers

March 16 2009 - The hottest come-on these days, clogging e-mail in-boxes, voice mail and radio airwaves, goes something like this: Are you struggling with your mortgage? President Obama approved the new federal loan modification program. We can help lower your mortgage payment. It's the foreclosure-rescue scheme, given up-to-the-minute credence by the fact that the president has in fact endorsed loan modifications, the reworking of home loans to make them more affordable. Scores of individ

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