Housing

Home loan or housing scams may involve mortgage lenders, brokers, and other entities making false promises, credit organizations charging excessive fees, or making promises to provide free services.

The process of applying for VA benefits can be complex, and Veterans often rely on assistance to navigate the process. Unfortunately, claims predators take advantage of Veterans by offering help with their benefits claims while exploiting their trust and financial resources.

Explore common loan and mortgage issues and scams, such as discrimination, reverse mortgages, relief scams, shopping for a mortgage, and facing foreclosure.

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration offers free resources and tools to help prepare for your move and to protect yourself from moving fraud.

Learn about rental home listing scams, how to evaluate a rental listing, and how to protect your money and information.

Report fraud, scams, and bad business practices to the Federal Trade Commission.

Proteja a su comunidad reportando fraudes, estafas y malas prácticas comerciales.

Know your rights for tenant background checks.

This toolkit is a partnership between federal agencies, Veteran Service Organizations, Military Service Organizations, and the Department of Veterans Affairs to arm Veterans with the knowledge of the common schemes we are seeing.

Find out what to do if you paid someone you think is a scammer or gave a scammer personal information or access to your computer or phone.