If it was a fraudulent transaction the transaction should be reversed. Where are the protections for homeowners? This is absolutely insane for it to be “irreversible”.
Yeah, I don't really understand what the issue is here. They contacted the notary and the notary said they have no idea how their stamp was used - so why is anyone entertaining the transfers as being valid? Why is anyone treating this as anything more than a transparent (and frankly pathetic) attempt at fraud that failed at the very first spot check? Why even have the notary stamp if it carries no legal weight? Worst case scenario, if the notary is in on it then the matter is rectified in court and they get sued into oblivion. Best case scenario is that it was just some random troll on the Internet who was trying their luck with some forgery and all it's done is cause some confusion. This shouldn't be the 'unfixable' issue that they're saying it is.
@@CopiousDoinksLLC worst case scenario, the courts rule against the owners and side with the scammer, purposely keeping people from having inheritances
It's the same with squatters. They use tenant rights to squat on land. Only difference is this person or people involved changed the land ownership. They were probably hoping that no one found out till it was to late to fix.
Soooo the signature is not hers, and the notary says he didn't notarize it. But they can't reverse it? It's all fraudulent. How can that be a legal document that cannot be reversed? Make it make sense. That's ridiculous.
Lawsuit against the fraudster should be enough. More than likely she won’t appear in court, since she would be arrested the moment she walks into court. Service on her would probably fall under nail and mail process since she might be fugitive or avoiding service. It would be a default judgement. Even if she does get into the courtroom, what she going to say when the notary denies he signed the papers, no evidence of money transaction to the victim/plaintiff? The judges order should be enough to reverse the deed.
The Notary is lying. The notary has a stamp and a party cannot get the notary stamp made for them unless they provide the proof of their notary office being valid. So Its impossible to believe that the notary had his stamp stolen and returned and his name forged. Notaries have books where they enter the kind of transaction they witnessed and stamped, the name of the party witnessed and the proof of identity (drivers license, passport, state identity card or 2 credible witnesses with ID). the fraudster that signed the true owners name would not have ID to show. Wanna bet his notary book never had an entry for the fake notarization but he did it as a co-conspirator with lady "fraud". They should both go to jail.
@@gamersanonymous4me131 Exactly. If the notary did sign those papers, he is a co-conspirator. If any of these papers went through the postal service or either of these criminal actors are out of state, both are open to state and federal charges. This isn’t a police matter. This goes straight to the County’s District Attorney or the Florida’s Attorney General Office.
attorney was an idiot. you sue the scammer for fraudulent conveyance. credit bureaus need to start giving you the option to lock addresses so that the scammers can take out fraudulent mortgages after the deed recording
Texas law makers - That makes no sense if a deed is fraudulently transferred and the thief is identified and prosecuted, why does that not automatically nullify the crime? This is what I hate by man made laws, they always manage to create needless loopholes. PLEASE FIX THIS ASAP!
Well that is what the court order will do. At this point it's not really proven it was stolen in the court of law, just the affected parties saying they didn't sell it. They can't just let any previous owner to come in and claim it was fraudalently transfered and give it back to him.
@@thedude5040 Forging a stamp is a huge amount of effort for someone not bothering to reasonably forge a signature. The notary is either in on it, or his stamp was stolen and he didn't report it. And that is less believable because how would the fraudster know he was a notary unless he had notarized something already for her, and her name would be in his records.
@@TeamICOSmost jurisdictions have public records and the notary stamp clearly shows on the documents. When I ordered and picked up my stamp the printer had be bring my notary card and a photo ID. Not all printers are so careful.
You can sign up to notify you ASAP if anything pops up on your deed changes. I don't think a transfer of a deed goes thru a title company but that might curb this horrific types of theft.
That should be a five minute fix.. you should be able to walk into the court-house have THEM contact the notary and research the validity and fix it before you walk away from the desk.
It's Texas. The whole state's economy revolves around separating a fool from his money. HOA bylaws are equal to federal laws, and if you build a really fancy fence, you can steal 10 ft by 200 ft of your neighbors land.
They should not be able to transfer a deed unless the owner is contacted and a meeting set up, with proof of identification, to verify the legality of the transfer of the deed. No other way should it be transferred. A 20 minute meeting could prevent years of court battles and thousands of dollars in legal fees. Who the hell is approving these transfers, and why aren't they being held accountable.???
Let me transfer deed to city hall and see if they fix the issue. They should have a law that requires both parties appear with IDs at time of filing. Any documents regarding property transfers.
The reason it’s so easy is because usually, it happens when a family member has passed and can’t be there. A death certificate should be enough though official copies cost like 50 bucks. I wouldn’t be able to do it when my mom passed. I couldn’t even get her cause of death because she hadn’t set up an executor or anything. She was 49 and it was out of nowhere. So these things are set up to be easier on grieving families. They should be able to separate living to living transfers from deceased to living though.
That’s what the notary is for, to witness both parties sign. If the notary can testify that he never stamped the documents it should be enough for a judge to reverse the transaction
Any transaction completed by way of fraud is invalid. It's illegal. No the answer is not signing up for 'fraud protection' or 'security alerts'. The answer is cracking down on perpetrators and facilitators of fraud.
Title company has nothing to do here. It looks like they just forged the signature and got it notarized. That's all you need to get it recorded at the clerks office. The clerks office is extremely lazy and incompetent, like most government entities. They will just record it without verifying anything.
Transfer of a deed does not go through a title company. The best fix is require legally drawn up papers vs a form you print off the internet. In other words go to a lawyer's office. The state can fix this.
It should be as simple as: If the Notary is denying that he stamped the transfer, then it should automatically be fraud! Since the persons signature is false and the notary stamp is false…. What part of the document is legit? Beyond that, I’d say a more intense investigation into the notary is called for. It is possible that the notary stamp is forged, which also makes sense why it’s the same notary (why fabricate more than 1). But being the same notary, run a quick check to see if he’s ever received money from the fraudster.
Notaries over a certain amount for documents like these need to be video recorded and the recording also placed in the records.... is what I'd like to say, but with AI getting so good at animating photos into videos, even that is going to be worthless in a few years...
@@jimmybyars3307 so who's responsible for checking if notory's stamps/signatures are real or fake? Isn't it the one who validated this deed, which is the TITLE company?
This is a failure of the court system. They need stricter standards on property transfers. Which would require the legislature passing laws to fix this. One thing they could do is have a waiting period for the transfer and a notification sent to the property owner saying/asking do you approve the transfer of this property? Give a court date of the transfer and allow them to dispute the transfer in court and prevent the transfer.
This shouldn’t even be able to happen in the first place. IDs and many other forms of identification should be required for deed transfers…and maybe even requiring both parties to be in attendance for the deed transfer to make sure they are who they say they are. These should instantly be nulled…it shouldn’t be difficult to reverse. The fraudster doesn’t owned this property….the fact they are treated like they do is criminal as well…victims should have the law on their side….it shouldn’t side with criminals…..and we shouldn’t have to spend tons of money going to court to get it fixed.
You expect to believe that notary didn’t know what happened? You have to show your ID to get notarized!! You only get one stamp as a notary, maybe you can get another but it costs money and time. You don’t just lose those things. If you do you should know
This should be impossible to do without the sellers certified ID, permission and signatures. Who does these transfers? The fact that the criminal gets to keep the property is unbelievable. The notary must be investigated immediately.
These are done at your local city/ county office of deeds and transfers or prothonotary office. The documents are easily forged. The clerks have to accept them as valid. Requiring a lawyer to file the papers, while expensive, would be one solution. Unless the lawyer is part of the scam.
"grab your phones for important info after our story" then literally gives useless info because there's nothing you can do (but oh yeah... Check your property records often... why bother... there's nothing one can do) news stations are pathetic
This makes me sick for them. This country time and time again has proven that crime does pay and trying to live straight and narrow only gets you hurt. How is it so simple to file, yet so difficult to reverse knowing it a crime???? Yeah, the system is rigged on so many levels in this country. It’s becoming so obvious and transparent with social media sharing so many stories over and over again. All in different situations.
Why burgle a house when you can steal the whole thing with infinitely more ease . This is truly insane , it's like that scam where someone tried to sell graceland . People complain about red tape , but this is what happens when there is practically none . A gaping loophole that someone needs to fix
So a fraud alert is not available to home owners until AFTER their property has been signed away and stolen. And even if property owners check their property records periodically, someone could still steal their property. Say you check your records every other month. One month your record is still in your name. But, the next time you check, its already in someone else's name...So, again, you lose... Then the only way to get you legal property back is to pay to take it to court! This property theft by transfering titles has got to be made more secure! I think it absolutely SHOCKING how these county deed offices are so nonchalant when they receive these supposed transfers of title! THERE HAS TO BE MORE REQUIRED when transfering a deed or title! There has got to be NEW REGULATIONS (in EVERY STATE), to make this crime much, much harder. This is BS, that this crime is so easy to commit!!!
The Property Taxes we pay Should guarantee and Protect our titles!! Are Texas Politicians Lazy or they just do not care!!?? CHANGE the Law and secure the process !!
Stop giving criminals a slap on the hand. Harsh punishment for all criminals. Our country is treating criminals like they're more important. Kind of like blaming the victims.
Seems to me that the county, no matter the state, should be held accountable and liable since they know there is a problem but absolutely won’t fix it.
Seriously? That'd all they have to say about it? Didn't even bother telling you the laws, asking the attorney why it's so difficult, or even getting a response from the city or the clerk. Grade F reporting. Since it's so simple and practically irreversible, I'm gonna go print me out some deed transfer forms from Google right now! 🤓
Get a lawyer, get triple damages from the notary, the new owner, and any bank involvement. Federal law is very clear on this. Also, your state government should have done this years ago; little things like verifying a notary, contacting the seller.
Right, and you should get quadruple damages from the king of the moon. Why make up ridiculous things. It’s a thief if they had anything they wouldn’t be stealing. And assuming the notary even existed you don’t know that they weren’t showed fraudulent ID.
People need to learn the law is in favor of the criminals. No one stole her property that was the work of the state the government. These people are the real crooks. That lady that works for the deeds, You are a bad person seriously.
People please, I beg, if you own your home outright, PLEASE put it in a trust. Name someone you trust as the co-executor, and you as the other co-executor. Trusts are private, so there's no way the criminals can know what name to forge on the deed.
Unfortunately the courts only accept the paperwork being filed. They do not have the authority to question the signatures on the documents. As long as the documents have signatures with notary stamps/signatures, and everything “looks” legit, the fake documents can then be filed.
Any deed or title transferred should be done in person at the clerks office with photo ID’s shown to the clerk. No online transfers, no notary. In person with photo ID’s in person at the county clerks office
This happened to me 30 years ago and my beautiful home now is still owned by the people who stole it. I'm 72 and when I die I will haunt my stolen home.
There should be laws on the books to put a stop to this, and to insure those guilty of doing it are locked up for years! It is ridiculous to say nothing can be done WHEN PEOPLE ARE BLATANTLY COMMITTING FRAUD AND GRAND THEFT!!! Every state should make sure to put laws with extreme harsh punishments into effect immediately!
Since they already know these deeds are fraudulent, these deeds should be nullified and the original owners are restored. Simple and easy. The notary’s signature is also on record, so it should be easy to verify if the notary’s signature has been forged.
The County's all need to be held accountable for Deed Fraud, nobody should be able to transfer a deed without proof the rightful owner is the one transferring the deed. Filling out a form is not proof.
What do you mean nothing can be done to return the deeds to the rightful owners. Just file new deed transfer paperwork. If you cannot reclaim your property deed how was it allowed to be transferred to someone else illegally? Soooo in other words a criminal is allowed to legally steal the deed to your property but you the legal rite full owner has no legal standing. Only in America folks.
This scam must be international!!! The same thing has happened to us with my wife's property in Hungary, Europe owned free and clear. (Valued at about 350-400k in US Dollars.) They did it WITHIN ONE DAY(!) using two homeless people as proxies in the scam. The crazy thing is later one of them even got murdered. Tens of thousands of dollars later in legal fees and costs, the property is still not back in her name after two years. After criminal investigation, court trials, litigating and lawyering it left and right and the middle. Of course, the office of the registrar of deeds is indemnified from ANY wrongdoing , or any involvement whatsoever. They can do no wrong there. (Yeah right!)
I see comments about blaming the notary: I was a notary for 20 years in California. Don’t know about Texas law as notary functions vary by state, BUT in California, the notary is NOT responsible for verifying the validity of a document; their purpose in this state is to verify the identity of the signer ONLY. I know: once the LAPD showed up to my home to get a notary journal I had done for a woman who apparently had me notarize a transfer deed she used to steal her mom’s house. I got the journal back with no consequences because the police saw that the notary I did was done in accordance with state law with record of her (the thief’s) drivers license and fingerprint in my journal ‼️‼️‼️🤨
County Commissioner must be held responsible. His or her office send the property tax bill to the owner and collect $$$. The only need for court to get involved is to prosecute the fraud and public notaries and county officials.
This is not and should never be only the responsibility of the homeowner: they have no idea when someone goes into a government office and files a fraudulent deed transfer. The onus is on the government agency accepting those fraudulent documents to PROVE BEFOREHAND that these documents are either legitimate or fraudulent. The very first safeguard that government entity should do is call/mail/email/ or visit in person the name on record as current owner and verify that this person is actually transferring the property. Just like google and youtube and amazon etc etc emails me every time I log in from an unknown server etc. to make sure it’s really me and not a fraudster. -OR- Insist that both the seller AND buyer (transferer and transferee) show up IN PERSON with multiple proofs of identity and ownership of said property to do the transfer paperwork in front of the government agent at the government agency. This literally is NOT rocket science. Sheesh!
Thieves steal. That’s what they do. But how can the county, where these forged deeds are filed, allow this and then say that the homeowner has no recourse?
I am very angry about this that they say there is very little you can do clearly it’s illegal if it’s illegal, it should not be valid. I don’t understand how it could be valid if it’s illegal when someone breaks in your house and steals everything you own, they go to jail. This is the same thing except they’re not breaking into your home. Why is it not illegal? Why can they not reverse this? It’s clearly not legal. It’s clearly not valid. They should be able to write up a new document and this woman should be caught and put under the jail. These people work hard for what they have this home has been taken from someone and the government says there’s nothing you can do believable
This should be caught at the time of signing? When the paperwork was legalized someone should have checked ID ? This should never happen and it shouldn’t be on buyer’s to watch themselves! County clerks should do their jobs correctly! This should not have happened at all and to blame the buyer in anyway is disgusting! It is a scam we need true protection! Lawyers are evil
If it is fraudulant then the deed transfer didnt actually happen and if the county insists the wrong person is a owner when they arent because no legal transfer happened then they are liable are haiving those fraudulant documents on file. These county clerks accepting documents that are OBVIOUSLY fraudulant working together with criminals to steal property. It doesnt take much effort to call up a notery and confirm whether the documents are legit or fraudulent and not doing so is criminally negligent.
Well it's time for her to create her own fraudulent documents and file them in the court system, apparently it's pretty easy to do. If there was already a scam that was proven with another property that name should have a red flag in the county system instead of going ahead and processing paperwork with the same name that's associated with a scam
When i bought a home both parties , me and seller, had to be present in order for the sell to be finished. So why can they transfer property without both parties present? That makes no sense to me.
This is ridiculous! So it with ease to commit fraud and steal property yet it’s difficult to fix. BS! The county is pathetic
You said it. Perfect description
This mess happens all over the country. It’s not just this county unfortunately.
Not just this one county...
It’s not difficult to fix.
Exactly how can something like that be difficult to reverse? There should be penalties for this type of action, including for everyone involved.
If it was a fraudulent transaction the transaction should be reversed. Where are the protections for homeowners? This is absolutely insane for it to be “irreversible”.
Age old practice, and why jails were built!!!
Yeah, I don't really understand what the issue is here. They contacted the notary and the notary said they have no idea how their stamp was used - so why is anyone entertaining the transfers as being valid? Why is anyone treating this as anything more than a transparent (and frankly pathetic) attempt at fraud that failed at the very first spot check? Why even have the notary stamp if it carries no legal weight?
Worst case scenario, if the notary is in on it then the matter is rectified in court and they get sued into oblivion. Best case scenario is that it was just some random troll on the Internet who was trying their luck with some forgery and all it's done is cause some confusion. This shouldn't be the 'unfixable' issue that they're saying it is.
@@CopiousDoinksLLC worst case scenario, the courts rule against the owners and side with the scammer, purposely keeping people from having inheritances
@@russellward89 Yea but the problem is that they are not left in those prisons long enough.
It's the same with squatters. They use tenant rights to squat on land. Only difference is this person or people involved changed the land ownership. They were probably hoping that no one found out till it was to late to fix.
You're paying taxes but the Government isn't providing even basic service.
Taxation without representation
@@conitorres9774 - LOL you have no idea what that means as it surely does not apply in this sotry.
@@conitorres9774
😮💨My child has a better understanding of that phrase then you seem to have.
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@@TryssemTavern you have some proof that we aren't headed in that direction? I don't
There is no "new owner" the deeds were transferred illegally.
That is correct - there is no new owner.
Someone steals your car - there is no new owner.
Bingo
Yep.
Soooo the signature is not hers, and the notary says he didn't notarize it. But they can't reverse it? It's all fraudulent. How can that be a legal document that cannot be reversed? Make it make sense. That's ridiculous.
Whats the point of the notary if its not authenticized?
Lawsuit against the fraudster should be enough. More than likely she won’t appear in court, since she would be arrested the moment she walks into court. Service on her would probably fall under nail and mail process since she might be fugitive or avoiding service. It would be a default judgement. Even if she does get into the courtroom, what she going to say when the notary denies he signed the papers, no evidence of money transaction to the victim/plaintiff? The judges order should be enough to reverse the deed.
The Notary is lying. The notary has a stamp and a party cannot get the notary stamp made for them unless they provide the proof of their notary office being valid. So Its impossible to believe that the notary had his stamp stolen and returned and his name forged. Notaries have books where they enter the kind of transaction they witnessed and stamped, the name of the party witnessed and the proof of identity (drivers license, passport, state identity card or 2 credible witnesses with ID). the fraudster that signed the true owners name would not have ID to show. Wanna bet his notary book never had an entry for the fake notarization but he did it as a co-conspirator with lady "fraud". They should both go to jail.
@@gamersanonymous4me131 Exactly. If the notary did sign those papers, he is a co-conspirator. If any of these papers went through the postal service or either of these criminal actors are out of state, both are open to state and federal charges. This isn’t a police matter. This goes straight to the County’s District Attorney or the Florida’s Attorney General Office.
attorney was an idiot. you sue the scammer for fraudulent conveyance. credit bureaus need to start giving you the option to lock addresses so that the scammers can take out fraudulent mortgages after the deed recording
Texas law makers - That makes no sense if a deed is fraudulently transferred and the thief is identified and prosecuted, why does that not automatically nullify the crime? This is what I hate by man made laws, they always manage to create needless loopholes. PLEASE FIX THIS ASAP!
You prefer woman-made laws?
Curious. Whats laws are not man made?
I prefer Toad made laws.
I agree. Something has to change, and fast. Harris County is getting worse😢
Well that is what the court order will do. At this point it's not really proven it was stolen in the court of law, just the affected parties saying they didn't sell it. They can't just let any previous owner to come in and claim it was fraudalently transfered and give it back to him.
Then the notary, needs to testify under oath that his stamp is false!!!!!
He's guilty
@This_tub not necessarily, the stamp just like the signature could be forged
@@thedude5040 Forging a stamp is a huge amount of effort for someone not bothering to reasonably forge a signature. The notary is either in on it, or his stamp was stolen and he didn't report it. And that is less believable because how would the fraudster know he was a notary unless he had notarized something already for her, and her name would be in his records.
@@TeamICOSmost jurisdictions have public records and the notary stamp clearly shows on the documents.
When I ordered and picked up my stamp the printer had be bring my notary card and a photo ID. Not all printers are so careful.
The homeowner needs to file motion with the courts to have a hearing in front of a judge to get this to happen.
This type of thing has been happening far too long. How about some legislation to correct this?
Amen
Finger prints, biometric verification. Something. Do not allow notarized documents.
You can sign up to notify you ASAP if anything pops up on your deed changes.
I don't think a transfer of a deed goes thru a title company but that might curb this horrific types of theft.
You have to have politicians that care and that’s where the problem lies.
Too busy banning books
They still send the property tax bill to the "proper" owner, do they not? Why has this Yancy person been charged with tax fraud?
If it aint her signature, how can it be valid.
That should be a five minute fix.. you should be able to walk into the court-house have THEM contact the notary and research the validity and fix it before you walk away from the desk.
@@Plutogalaxy "and research the validity" miss that part?
The fact that this is possible. Shows how broken the system is. This is sickening to say the least.
It's Texas. The whole state's economy revolves around separating a fool from his money. HOA bylaws are equal to federal laws, and if you build a really fancy fence, you can steal 10 ft by 200 ft of your neighbors land.
They should not be able to transfer a deed unless the owner is contacted and a meeting set up, with proof of identification, to verify the legality of the transfer of the deed. No other way should it be transferred. A 20 minute meeting could prevent years of court battles and thousands of dollars in legal fees. Who the hell is approving these transfers, and why aren't they being held accountable.???
Let me transfer deed to city hall and see if they fix the issue.
They should have a law that requires both parties appear with IDs at time of filing. Any documents regarding property transfers.
The reason it’s so easy is because usually, it happens when a family member has passed and can’t be there. A death certificate should be enough though official copies cost like 50 bucks. I wouldn’t be able to do it when my mom passed. I couldn’t even get her cause of death because she hadn’t set up an executor or anything. She was 49 and it was out of nowhere.
So these things are set up to be easier on grieving families. They should be able to separate living to living transfers from deceased to living though.
That’s what the notary is for, to witness both parties sign. If the notary can testify that he never stamped the documents it should be enough for a judge to reverse the transaction
They have a law passed and you in a jail faster then you could blink lol
Agreed with PHOTOS, FINGERPRINTS and DNA
😂🙏🎯
I just transferred the personal property of the state legislation to me.. thank you for allowing this.
Hopefully, you now own the governor's mansion.
Any transaction completed by way of fraud is invalid. It's illegal. No the answer is not signing up for 'fraud protection' or 'security alerts'. The answer is cracking down on perpetrators and facilitators of fraud.
So easy to steal a person's deed, yet the actual homeowner has to jump through hoops the reverse it ???? Wow .......
Title companies need to do their due diligence
As a realtor, a title company would not let this happen. js
Title company has nothing to do here. It looks like they just forged the signature and got it notarized. That's all you need to get it recorded at the clerks office. The clerks office is extremely lazy and incompetent, like most government entities. They will just record it without verifying anything.
Transfer of a deed does not go through a title company.
The best fix is require legally drawn up papers vs a form you print off the internet.
In other words go to a lawyer's office. The state can fix this.
And the county clerk.
I guess you have no idea what the title insurance company does.
this is crazy how anyone can just go in and file a deed without any real proof of ownership and the city just act like they didn't do anything wrong
It should be as simple as:
If the Notary is denying that he stamped the transfer, then it should automatically be fraud!
Since the persons signature is false and the notary stamp is false…. What part of the document is legit?
Beyond that, I’d say a more intense investigation into the notary is called for. It is possible that the notary stamp is forged, which also makes sense why it’s the same notary (why fabricate more than 1).
But being the same notary, run a quick check to see if he’s ever received money from the fraudster.
Notary should be sued and go to jail.
They probably faked that too is the problem
Notaries over a certain amount for documents like these need to be video recorded and the recording also placed in the records.... is what I'd like to say, but with AI getting so good at animating photos into videos, even that is going to be worthless in a few years...
@jimmybyars3307 it needs to investigated how the criminal got his stamp.
@@neonnoir9692They can order stamps online with an image of what they want on it.
@@jimmybyars3307 so who's responsible for checking if notory's stamps/signatures are real or fake? Isn't it the one who validated this deed, which is the TITLE company?
If it’s fraudulent it should be nullified.
Why isn’t she in jail yet
This is a failure of the court system. They need stricter standards on property transfers. Which would require the legislature passing laws to fix this. One thing they could do is have a waiting period for the transfer and a notification sent to the property owner saying/asking do you approve the transfer of this property? Give a court date of the transfer and allow them to dispute the transfer in court and prevent the transfer.
Yancy needs to go to jail for a long, long time!
If they know it was fraud then undo it!
The law needs to change asap this is ridiculous
This shouldn’t even be able to happen in the first place. IDs and many other forms of identification should be required for deed transfers…and maybe even requiring both parties to be in attendance for the deed transfer to make sure they are who they say they are. These should instantly be nulled…it shouldn’t be difficult to reverse. The fraudster doesn’t owned this property….the fact they are treated like they do is criminal as well…victims should have the law on their side….it shouldn’t side with criminals…..and we shouldn’t have to spend tons of money going to court to get it fixed.
No. Investigate that notary. You're responsibie for protecting your stamp.
Most legal documents can be obtained online showing the notary into. Stamp is a forgery I'll bet.
You expect to believe that notary didn’t know what happened? You have to show your ID to get notarized!! You only get one stamp as a notary, maybe you can get another but it costs money and time. You don’t just lose those things. If you do you should know
this happens all over Cleveland Texas and Liberty County!!!!
Hunh?? 🤷🏽
@@S.Clause you must be part of it
A law should be passed requiring a photo I.D. and to be documented along with the transfer papers for all deed transfers nationwide.
This should be impossible to do without the sellers certified ID, permission and signatures. Who does these transfers? The fact that the criminal gets to keep the property is unbelievable. The notary must be investigated immediately.
These are done at your local city/ county office of deeds and transfers or prothonotary office. The documents are easily forged. The clerks have to accept them as valid.
Requiring a lawyer to file the papers, while expensive, would be one solution. Unless the lawyer is part of the scam.
This Dominique is a walking demon.
Wow 😯 Helen Yancy u are going down!
Again?
Both parties should be present at the courthouse with IDS to change a Deed just ridiculous…
If the scammers are willing to fake a notary stamp, they can probably get someone to stand in as the 'seller' .
@@ronaldhudson169not with an ID. It will make it a lot harder
So you have to jump through hoops to buy a house but stealing it is a snap 😮
Investigate the notary! He’s probably in on the scam
THE STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES NEED TO GO AFTER THE NOTARY AND THAT PERSON WILL FLIP ON EVERYONE.
Graceland Was the Same with fraudulent notary and court stopped the legal battle.
Someone at the court house is working along with those thieves.
Get rid of internet printed forms. Require a legally drawn up real estate paperwork by a lawyer.
The state can fix this problem easily.
"grab your phones for important info after our story" then literally gives useless info because there's nothing you can do (but oh yeah... Check your property records often... why bother... there's nothing one can do) news stations are pathetic
Exactly! Might as well put up BillBoards with an 1-800 # on how to steal a House easy, little effort, anybody can do it.
This makes me sick for them. This country time and time again has proven that crime does pay and trying to live straight and narrow only gets you hurt. How is it so simple to file, yet so difficult to reverse knowing it a crime???? Yeah, the system is rigged on so many levels in this country. It’s becoming so obvious and transparent with social media sharing so many stories over and over again. All in different situations.
Why burgle a house when you can steal the whole thing with infinitely more ease .
This is truly insane , it's like that scam where someone tried to sell graceland . People complain about red tape , but this is what happens when there is practically none .
A gaping loophole that someone needs to fix
Go to Nevada and look up original owner names and you will see people make faces and act puzzled fully knowing they stole those properties.
So a fraud alert is not available to home owners until AFTER their property has been signed away and stolen.
And even if property owners check their property records periodically, someone could still steal their property.
Say you check your records every other month.
One month your record is still in your name. But, the next time you check, its already in someone else's name...So, again, you lose...
Then the only way to get you legal property back is to pay to take it to court!
This property theft by transfering titles has got to be made more secure!
I think it absolutely SHOCKING how these county deed offices are so nonchalant when they receive these supposed transfers of title!
THERE HAS TO BE MORE REQUIRED when transfering a deed or title!
There has got to be NEW REGULATIONS (in EVERY STATE), to make this crime much, much harder.
This is BS, that this crime is so easy to commit!!!
The Property Taxes we pay Should guarantee and Protect our titles!!
Are Texas Politicians Lazy or they just do not care!!?? CHANGE the Law and secure the process !!
Stop giving criminals a slap on the hand. Harsh punishment for all criminals. Our country is treating criminals like they're more important. Kind of like blaming the victims.
Seems to me that the county, no matter the state, should be held accountable and liable since they know there is a problem but absolutely won’t fix it.
Every person should contact there local politicians to make changes across the board locally, then nation wide for all Counties.
Local governments allow this type of crime to happen so easily, and absolutely refuse to prosecute those that perpetrate the crimes in some US states.
I don’t understand this seems like an easy fix?
Seriously? That'd all they have to say about it? Didn't even bother telling you the laws, asking the attorney why it's so difficult, or even getting a response from the city or the clerk. Grade F reporting. Since it's so simple and practically irreversible, I'm gonna go print me out some deed transfer forms from Google right now! 🤓
Another scammer on the loose
Get a lawyer, get triple damages from the notary, the new owner, and any bank involvement. Federal law is very clear on this. Also, your state government should have done this years ago; little things like verifying a notary, contacting the seller.
Right, and you should get quadruple damages from the king of the moon. Why make up ridiculous things. It’s a thief if they had anything they wouldn’t be stealing. And assuming the notary even existed you don’t know that they weren’t showed fraudulent ID.
Im getting a new house today!!!im so excited this opportunity was broadcast on the news
You HAVE to be able to get your property back. What a flaw in the R.E. business. FIX THIS!
People need to learn the law is in favor of the criminals.
No one stole her property that was the work of the state the government.
These people are the real crooks. That lady that works for the deeds, You are a bad person seriously.
How can a lie hold weight under the law??! How can a fraudulent document cause the lose of real property??!
Don’t get suckered into home title lock. You can do that for free through your county online.
People please, I beg, if you own your home outright, PLEASE put it in a trust. Name someone you trust as the co-executor, and you as the other co-executor. Trusts are private, so there's no way the criminals can know what name to forge on the deed.
Unfortunately the courts only accept the paperwork being filed. They do not have the authority to question the signatures on the documents. As long as the documents have signatures with notary stamps/signatures, and everything “looks” legit, the fake documents can then be filed.
Do the same thing. File a deed putting it back in your name. I'm sure Yancy won't complain on the news. 😂
Any deed or title transferred should be done in person at the clerks office with photo ID’s shown to the clerk. No online transfers, no notary. In person with photo ID’s in person at the county clerks office
Its easy for a criminal to transfer a deed, but hard for the legit homeowner to get it back? Make that make sense.
This happened to me 30 years ago and my beautiful home now is still owned by the people who stole it. I'm 72 and when I die I will haunt my stolen home.
Why didn't you do something 30 years ago?
Same time, same day at the court house? Someone at the court house needs to be investigated.
I don't understand how this can happen without approval from the owner. A fake signature is NOT an approval from the owner.
Her state rep needs to get in to it
There should be laws on the books to put a stop to this, and to insure those guilty of doing it are locked up for years! It is ridiculous to say nothing can be done WHEN PEOPLE ARE BLATANTLY COMMITTING FRAUD AND GRAND THEFT!!! Every state should make sure to put laws with extreme harsh punishments into effect immediately!
Since they already know these deeds are fraudulent, these deeds should be nullified and the original owners are restored. Simple and easy. The notary’s signature is also on record, so it should be easy to verify if the notary’s signature has been forged.
The state not being able to reverse this is a serious problem.
The County's all need to be held accountable for Deed Fraud, nobody should be able to transfer a deed without proof the rightful owner is the one transferring the deed. Filling out a form is not proof.
Corruption is everywhere. From the white house and Washington to your local school PTA.
What do you mean nothing can be done to return the deeds to the rightful owners. Just file new deed transfer paperwork. If you cannot reclaim your property deed how was it allowed to be transferred to someone else illegally? Soooo in other words a criminal is allowed to legally steal the deed to your property but you the legal rite full owner has no legal standing. Only in America folks.
This is crazy, they should be showing ID at the tax office.
This scam must be international!!!
The same thing has happened to us with my wife's property in Hungary, Europe owned free and clear. (Valued at about 350-400k in US Dollars.) They did it WITHIN ONE DAY(!) using two homeless people as proxies in the scam. The crazy thing is later one of them even got murdered. Tens of thousands of dollars later in legal fees and costs, the property is still not back in her name after two years. After criminal investigation, court trials, litigating and lawyering it left and right and the middle. Of course, the office of the registrar of deeds is indemnified from ANY wrongdoing , or any involvement whatsoever. They can do no wrong there. (Yeah right!)
I see comments about blaming the notary: I was a notary for 20 years in California. Don’t know about Texas law as notary functions vary by state, BUT in California, the notary is NOT responsible for verifying the validity of a document; their purpose in this state is to verify the identity of the signer ONLY. I know: once the LAPD showed up to my home to get a notary journal I had done for a woman who apparently had me notarize a transfer deed she used to steal her mom’s house. I got the journal back with no consequences because the police saw that the notary I did was done in accordance with state law with record of her (the thief’s) drivers license and fingerprint in my journal ‼️‼️‼️🤨
County Commissioner must be held responsible. His or her office send the property tax bill to the owner and collect $$$. The only need for court to get involved is to prosecute the fraud and public notaries and county officials.
This is not and should never be only the responsibility of the homeowner: they have no idea when someone goes into a government office and files a fraudulent deed transfer. The onus is on the government agency accepting those fraudulent documents to PROVE BEFOREHAND that these documents are either legitimate or fraudulent.
The very first safeguard that government entity should do is call/mail/email/ or visit in person the name on record as current owner and verify that this person is actually transferring the property. Just like google and youtube and amazon etc etc emails me every time I log in from an unknown server etc. to make sure it’s really me and not a fraudster.
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Insist that both the seller AND buyer (transferer and transferee) show up IN PERSON with multiple proofs of identity and ownership of said property to do the transfer paperwork in front of the government agent at the government agency.
This literally is NOT rocket science. Sheesh!
Thieves steal. That’s what they do. But how can the county, where these forged deeds are filed, allow this and then say that the homeowner has no recourse?
I am very angry about this that they say there is very little you can do clearly it’s illegal if it’s illegal, it should not be valid. I don’t understand how it could be valid if it’s illegal when someone breaks in your house and steals everything you own, they go to jail. This is the same thing except they’re not breaking into your home. Why is it not illegal? Why can they not reverse this? It’s clearly not legal. It’s clearly not valid. They should be able to write up a new document and this woman should be caught and put under the jail. These people work hard for what they have this home has been taken from someone and the government says there’s nothing you can do believable
Insanity that fraud cant be undone.
So who has been paying the property taxes all these years?
Sure seems like the process is flawed by design. Those whom are part of the records process should be liable.
Texas needs laws like Florida has to help this not happen or harder to happen to people.
These recording offices better figure this out. This is absolutely ridiculous!
This type of crime should be a class one felony manditory 20 years in jail .first offense.
Somebody making big money scamming in the county office. I would sue the County.
Forged signatures
This should be caught at the time of signing? When the paperwork was legalized someone should have checked ID ? This should never happen and it shouldn’t be on buyer’s to watch themselves! County clerks should do their jobs correctly! This should not have happened at all and to blame the buyer in anyway is disgusting! It is a scam we need true protection! Lawyers are evil
If it is fraudulant then the deed transfer didnt actually happen and if the county insists the wrong person is a owner when they arent because no legal transfer happened then they are liable are haiving those fraudulant documents on file. These county clerks accepting documents that are OBVIOUSLY fraudulant working together with criminals to steal property. It doesnt take much effort to call up a notery and confirm whether the documents are legit or fraudulent and not doing so is criminally negligent.
Tell me how you can instantaneously your pizza order was ordered, prepared and on the way but we can’t automate deed transfer alerts?
Thanks for informing me about stealing someone’s property with ease of deed
The courts will reverse it.
Someday ...
Well it's time for her to create her own fraudulent documents and file them in the court system, apparently it's pretty easy to do.
If there was already a scam that was proven with another property that name should have a red flag in the county system instead of going ahead and processing paperwork with the same name that's associated with a scam
Very sad
Imagine if dozens of property owners go to court on the same day, as a group representing their own and a common interest to combat such actions
When i bought a home both parties , me and seller, had to be present in order for the sell to be finished. So why can they transfer property without both parties present? That makes no sense to me.
Easier than you think. Saw way too much while I was in finance for 40 years.