This New York couple was duped into buying a house that wasn’t for sale — lost their $15K down payment. Here’s how to protect yourself from real estate fraud Posted on March 15, 2025 By realejuicey “The American Dream, buying a home, and now it’s turned into a total nightmare.” Related posts: This New York couple was duped into buying a house that wasn’t for sale — lost their $15K down payment. Here’s how to protect yourself from real estate fraud Carson is Hud Secretary Modernize Your Garage Door ‘Everything at that moment was gone’: This West Virginia couple lost their $255K nest egg, life savings in real estate scam targeting homebuyers — here’s how to protect yourself in 2025 See also Millions of US boomers are refusing to give their $84 trillion in real estate, wealth away to their adult kids — here’s why and what it means for the US economy