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 Foreclosure Fraud Prevention Team
Pinellas County’s Department of Justice and Consumer Services announces the receipt of a $100,000 federal grant to fight foreclosure fraud. The grant will fund programs that alert homeowners to the dangers of foreclosure rescue scams and will offer direct assistance referrals for victims of foreclosure fraud to help prevent additional financial loss or even the possible loss of their homes. Click here for more information.
 Money matters are a source of stress and frustration for many people.The Federal Trade Commission has launched a new website for people which offers practical tips, videos, and links to reliable resources on dealing with debt, job-hunting and jobs scams, vehicle repossession, managing mortgage payments, and foreclosure rescue scams.
Click here for more information, www.ftc.gov/moneymatters.
 More and more Pinellas County residents are being forced into foreclosure. One resident reached out for help but ended up unhappy. Watch this video  to see how to avoid the problem she found herself in. 
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A foreclosure prevention workshop recently helped hundreds of struggling homeowners find solutions to their mortgage difficulties. The event, held Oct. 18 at the Coliseum in St. Petersburg, was cosponsored by Pinellas County, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Largo.
A video showing the expert presentations is now available on-line at a new foreclosure prevention website, www.pinellascounty.org/foreclosure. Information includes “What Foreclosure Means to Your Credit,” “Foreclosure from the Lender’s and Borrower’s Points of View” and “Mortgage and Consumer Fraud.”
The foreclosure prevention website features all the participating speakers and offers contact information for non-profit participants as well as local agencies that provide counseling in the area of credit and foreclosure. The biggest part of foreclosure prevention is consumer education: getting homeowners to take advantage of tools to keep them in the house that they’re in before it goes to foreclosure.
Worried about mortgage foreclosure on your home?
 A Statewide effort called Florida Attorneys Saving Homes has launched a toll-free hotline (866-607-2187) and will take calls from 8 a.m.through 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Callers who fear that they soon won't be able to make their mortgage payments or who have already missed payments but are not yet in foreclosure are urged to call.
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