'My mom fell victim to a scam that ultimately cost me my whole inheritance — the value of her house, approximately $271,000 at time of writing,' says Jasmine.
"My mom fell victim to a scam that ultimately cost me my whole inheritance — the value of her house, approximately $271,000 at time of writing," says Jasmine.
"She ended up buying another house in my brother's name that she intended to rent out, as the house that she lived in was going to me in the trust," Jasmine says."She completely paid off the mortgage on her own house, completed some repairs and was left with approximately $68,000 which was to pay for her everyday expenses, since she's too ill to work and has no income. So the inheritance was the new house for my brother, and the house that she lives in was for me.
"Eventually I got a call back and they put me in touch with another lawyer who worked there, and I gave her the story. She explained that this practice is illegal and that it should never have been started," Jasmine says."She got in touch with her colleague, the man in my mom's kitchen, who claimed the process had stopped because my brother didn’t hand over his ID. But he did.
"In high school, when I was unaware of common scams, I helped my mom list her suitcase set on a Craigslist-like site," says Stacy."We were over the moon when someone offered us $300 and… sent a check for more than $1,000 over the list price with a 'whoops' and a 'wire the extra money back please.'"
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