{"id":1406,"date":"2020-03-13T11:16:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T15:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dukescountydeeds.com\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2020-03-13T11:16:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T15:16:01","slug":"consumer-alert-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/dukes\/consumer-alert-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Alert!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are out of state companies that continue to to prey on unsuspecting homeowners by sending a direct mail solicitation asking them to send a check for $83\/$95 in order to receive a copy of their deed or other assessment information.<\/p>\n<p>They are often labeled as \u201cRecorded Deed Notice\u201d and request that the homeowner send them a check for a copy of their deed and \u201cproperty assessment profile\u201d. The Registry has been contacted by several individuals who have received this kind of solicitation. Please do not fall for this scam.<\/p>\n<p>While the deed direct mail solicitation may be legal, it is by no means ethical. Clearly, this is a scam being perpetrated against the hard-working residents of our county, many of whom are first-time homeowners or elderly. Consumers are interpreting these notices as a bill, since they are affixed with a respond by date.<\/p>\n<p>Please note you may obtain a certified copy of your deed from the Dukes County Registry of Deeds at the cost of $1 per page. You may also access our records at no cost by going to <a href=\"http:\/\/masslandrecords.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">masslandrecords.com<\/a>. For assessment information, you may contact your town assessor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-1407\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1407 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/massrods.com\/dukes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/03\/image001.png\" alt=\"deceptive mailing\" width=\"688\" height=\"891\" longdesc=\"http:\/\/massrods.com\/dukes?longdesc=1407&amp;referrer=1406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/massrods.com\/dukes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/03\/image001.png 688w, https:\/\/massrods.com\/dukes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2020\/03\/image001-480x622.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 688px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are out of state companies that continue to to prey on unsuspecting homeowners by sending a direct mail solicitation asking them to send a check for $83\/$95 in order to receive a copy of their deed or other assessment information. They are often labeled as \u201cRecorded Deed Notice\u201d and request that the homeowner send [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/dukes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/dukes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/dukes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/dukes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/dukes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/dukes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/dukes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/dukes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/dukes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}