and San Diego are seeking more information on a California-based company that allegedly scammed people into buying unnecessary home title protections.
The company reportedly incited fear about "home title theft," where scammers access a home title online, forge a signature, and claim that a home is sold to them. The company said this crime is rapidly on the rise across the country in their television, radio and online advertisements, and in order to protect their homes, homeowners should purchase their services.
The city attorneys allege that the Home Title Lock services will not safeguard a person's home title; it can only notify them that a deed has been recorded. And at least in California, a fraudulent deed would not result in the loss of a home or its equity. San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu alleges that Home Title Lock has "manufactured a 'home title theft' crisis" to specifically deceive elderly homeowners to buy services that many county recorders' offices already do for free. San Francisco restaurant used as inspiration for Bob's Burgers, closes for good