Massive land scam in Texas

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I'm not going to say what I think should happen to the people involved in this, especially the notary publics if they were aware of the scam.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520901,00.html?test=latestnews Hundreds of Texas landowners may be forced to battle in court to get their own properties back after investigators announced the landowners may have been victims of a massive fraud.

Authorities believe one or more people executed fraudulent sales of the properties in question by forging sales documents and submitting fake buyers, WFAA-TV reported.

By the time the real land owners were made aware of the transactions, they had already been stripped of their rights to their properties land and of the minerals within them.

Victim Macias said in his case it all happened within hours.

"All you need is a notary and a fake signature and they can take your property," Macias told WFAA, but getting the lawful title back could take several months and thousands of dollars.

The FBI, U.S. Postal Service and the Tarrant County District Attorney's office were all investigating the scam. Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop: Now in 6 vibrant colors! Shop Dell's full line of laptops.

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" I'm not going to say what I think should happen to the people involved in this,

especially the notary publics if they were aware of the scam. "

If they were aware of the scam, they naturally deserve to be prosecuted. But

most notaries only have to take a course or two and then register themselves.

Your average bank probably has a few of them. They may be able to tell an

illegal scam when they see it, but probably not.

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