{"id":5425,"date":"2024-10-07T14:21:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T18:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexnorth\/?p=5425"},"modified":"2024-10-07T14:21:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T18:21:16","slug":"concord-scam-highlights-need-for-consumer-notification-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexnorth\/concord-scam-highlights-need-for-consumer-notification-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Concord Scam Highlights Need For Consumer Notification Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our free <strong>Consumer Notification Tool<\/strong> launched just over a year ago, offering homeowners a valuable safeguard against scams involving their property.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea emerged from many conversations Register Iannuccillo had with constituents, who asked whether paying a private company for this kind of monitoring was worthwhile. Working with IT experts, Iannuccillo found a way for the Registry to provide this service at no cost. <strong>Homeowners can now sign up to have the Registry of Deeds email them an alert any time a property document is recorded in their name.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, every so often we see a case in the news that highlights the need for a service like ours. Here is one recent example from Concord, MA:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A couple residing in another state who owned property in Concord discovered their land was sold by thieves pretending to be them. Using their names, the criminals emailed a local realtor who put the property on the market. The property sold and the thieves made off with over a half million dollars. The couple only discovered the theft after the fact, when they contacted town hall looking for their tax bill. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/land-stolen-concord-home-construction-iteam\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/land-stolen-concord-home-construction-iteam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full story here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To avoid falling victim to a scam like this, we advise all homeowners to sign up and take advantage of our free Consumer Notification service. Getting a notification could help you stop a crime like this in its tracks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To sign up, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/search.lawrencedeeds.com\/ALIS\/WW400R.HTM?WSEMAD=&amp;WSPWD=&amp;WSHTNM=WW000R11CN&amp;WSIQTP=SY40I&amp;WSWVER=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our free Consumer Notification Tool launched just over a year ago, offering homeowners a valuable safeguard against scams involving their property.\u00a0 The idea emerged from many conversations Register Iannuccillo had with constituents, who asked whether paying a private company for this kind of monitoring was worthwhile. Working with IT experts, Iannuccillo found a way for &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Concord Scam Highlights Need For Consumer Notification Tool\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexnorth\/concord-scam-highlights-need-for-consumer-notification-tool\/#more-5425\" aria-label=\"Read more about Concord Scam Highlights Need For Consumer Notification Tool\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":5428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexnorth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexnorth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexnorth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexnorth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexnorth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexnorth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexnorth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexnorth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexnorth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexnorth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}