With so many online services offering mortgages and refinancing using your home as collateral, I found this reading useful to share with you staying aware of possible scams:

Home Equity Scams: Borrowers Beware!

That's a good article. With almost any enterprise there are certainly scams present. All in all, You need to be well-informed before making any long-term financial decision.

So true, and because scammers seems to be finding new ways to rip you off nothing better than be aware of them.

definately, its so easy to fall into those traps. I've fell into those traps many times, luckily not loosing much at all. You need to know what your walking into, before you start signing away.

They are designed for those in desperate need. That's why they work.

It's unfortunate that there are so many people out there whose lifeblood is dependent on other people's misfortune and troubles.

You have to wonder though how on earth people like that are able to sleep nights.