Valley buyers and sellers beware: Real estate scammers are taking properties

PHOENIX — Could your property be listed for sale, and you don’t even know it? It’s happening nationwide and it’s a big concern here in Arizona.It nearly happened involving a house in the northern Arizona town of Parks.”It was a $1.3 million home,” said Flagstaff area Realtor Lisa Paffrath.The home’s sale would mean a nice commission, but there were no offers — or so Paffrath thought.Then she was contacted by a title company.”He Googled the address. I was the listing agent. He called me and he knew immediately something was wrong,” Paffrath said.RELATED: Scammers target vacant proper …

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