UNITED STATES PROPERTY SERVICES ARE CROOKS!!

I was contacted by phone by a company by the name of United States Property Services. They offered to sell my property in Arkansas for $19,000. The person I delt with was a Dorothy Hanshaw. She assured me that she had offers on the table from buyers that would pay what I wanted for the property and I would recieve my money in 90 day's. But before she could sell it for me, she would need $800 to pay for title search, leans on the property,ect ect...Today, I find out that the "offers" were not available to me any longer. But the new guy, Michael Janczak that took over Dorothy's accounts told me if I wanted to give him $300 more dollars he had a buyer all lined up to pay $15,000 for my property. I told Michael that I did not recieve anything for the first $800 I paid them and I was not about to be taken twice. He then informed me there was nothing more he could do.!!! Beware of this fraudulant company! They will promise you the moon and the only moon you'll get is when they get your money and bend over and show you the moon!!!

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I also recieved a call from a rep of USPS. The caller, Mary Devoe, stated that they have (15) interested buyers for my property in Fla. for a price better than (7) times the county's SEV. Man, am I happy, eh!!! She wanted a $498.00 deposit within (24) hrs to consumate the deal because developers are anxious to build. How many developers in Fla are anxious to pay that kind of cash in the market that exists today? As many as there are fleas on the sun I would say. Beware!!!

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"Tim Andrews" contacted us saying that he had a buyer wanting to purchase our property. He wanted our bank account# so he could verify funds for inpsections, etc. We asked for a contract and an escrow account. He refused, they want cash up front, and don't use escrow accounts. This has to be a scam!

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Followup to my complaint: I never received anything from this company by mail. But then I never truly expected to.

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Well, I was also just contacted by these people - a Mr. Manuel Parado (likely a ficticious name!), who promised they have a buyer for my property for $83,500. All I have to do is mail in the signed documents (yeah right!) so they can start financing with the buyer. They will make their $ off the financing, and the buyer pays closing costs & commissioning. Now, all I... have to do is pay $791 for document prep and processing. Oh, he also reminded me that this could be a tax write off. ( What they are trying to do is get you to pay for a property listing on their website... in some twisted, round-about, CROOKED way!). Don't fall for it.

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Thank you for your informative posts. I have been contacted by these people also. After talking with Michael Janczak today and getting information/offer written down, I requested a written offer in the mail as I do not do real estate business over the phone. (I smelled a scam as they were stating they have a buyer, but the price they are offering is 3 times what the property was worth 2 years ago.) I will report back what I get in the mail if this is the scam it smells like. BTW, I did not give a credit card number or any promise of payment.

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As with all of our clients, (the majority of them are happy) this client was told that if the property does not sell within 90 days that we continue to market the property at company expense for a twelve month period. Interested parties & potential offers does not mean "buyers waiting"!! The client was contacted after the twelve month period had expired and was asked if they wanted to renew their advertising at a discounted rate since they were unsuccessful at selling their property. The client was not "taken" for anything. Unfortunately we can't satisfy the world, or in this case the moon!

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I have land in New Mexico that United States Propery Service said that they had a buyer for, BULL,$600.00 dollars latter I still have the land.They keep changing agents I also had Mike Janczak and now I have Mike Clifford, who seems to be out of the office at the moment every time I would like to talk to him.Do not fall for these guys!They also clam they are not making any money on the sell.How can I get my money back?

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My 80+ year old mother was also contacted by United States Property Search (www.untitedstaetspropertysearch.com). They actually got an individual to contact her claiming he was a buyer interested in her property, though after questioning it was clear he knew nothing about it. United States Property Searches then threatened by mother with a lawsuit if she didn't go through with the deal. By the time I got involved, they had charged her over $800. I was and am furious that a business like United States Property Services can continue to exist that uses these kinds of predatory, deceptive and fraudulent practices.

We are pursuing civil and criminal charges if they fail to rescind the deal and refund the money.