{"id":45,"date":"2009-04-07T12:06:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T07:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allphoenixareahomes.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2012-03-28T03:29:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T22:29:44","slug":"ftc-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nohasslelistingblog.com\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"FTC Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\">This <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just<\/span> released today and I am passing it along. It may not apply to you personally, but you may know someone<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\">who needs to see this \u00e2\u20ac\u201c so please feel free to forward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allphoenixareahomes.com\/?p=45\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">this blog post<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/phxhomefinder.com\/FTC-logo.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"41\" align=\"right\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\">Five different companies have been accused of using deceptive practices to market mortgage modification and foreclosure rescue services and have been hit with enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission, with warning letters going out to 71 others.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\">These companies often use copycat names or look-alike Web sites in an attempt to appear to be a nonprofit company or government entity, make deceptive claims about their success rates, and charge up-front fees, the FTC said in a <strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">press release.<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">The FTC announced it had filed complaints seeking restraining orders against three companies &#8211;<strong> <\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/os\/caselist\/0923070\/index.shtm\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Federal Loan Modifications Law Center<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/os\/caselist\/0923116\/index.shtm\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Bailout.hud-gov.us<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> and Home Assure (doing business as Expert Foreclosure). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">The FTC has also obtained temporary restraining orders and frozen the assets of two other companies, <strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/os\/caselist\/0923079\/index.shtm\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Hope Now Modifications LLC<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>, and <strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/os\/caselist\/0923068\/index.shtm\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">New Hope Property LLC<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>, doing business as New Hope Modifications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">The official site of the Obama administration&#8217;s &#8220;Making Home Affordable&#8221; refinance and loan modification program is <strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"><a title=\"http:\/\/www.makinghomeaffordable.gov\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.makinghomeaffordable.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">www.MakingHomeAffordable.gov<\/span><strong>.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This just released today and I am passing it along. 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