As scam artists cheat buyers of apartments

Secondary real estate - this is one of the most popular fields of activity among speculators. Every year, they deceive thousands of people, depriving them of their money, health, housing, and most importantly - the faith in humanity. The question arises - how do crooks mislead our fellow citizens, and that it is necessary to pay attention to protect themselves from their tricks?

Documents

Surprisingly, even in the 21st century, not all residents of the Russian Federation bother to carefully read the contract that they sign. As a result, often not contained in the official papers approved of:

• Text to transfer the apartment to the new owner;
• The correctness of & nbsp; name & nbsp; buyer;
• The data on the payment of money to the seller;
• Right specified address to which was made apartment building (or rather high-rise building).

The lack of this and other information is actually cancels the deal, leaving the buyer as without money and without shelter. In addition, fraudsters deceive their victims by the fact that the documents are added to the various legal traps. To those include:

• Well hidden conditions, failure of which cancels the contract
• Items reserves the right to possession of scammers minimum share an apartment (ie - giving them the right to continue to live in a house sold)

And other tricks. Finally, some scammers falsify the right to property, entering into this document third parties.

Other contenders

The presence of well-formalized agreement does not guarantee that the transaction will be successful. In particular, if the seller has relatives or friends who have the right to claim part of the apartment. Their appeal to the court can lead to the fact that the previously concluded transaction will be canceled without refund affected. Also, many scam artists use in their activities of children. With their help, they mislead people by using the following scam:

• The apartment in which registered minor citizens of the Russian Federation, is transferred to another person;
• In the court receives a statement saying that the children were deprived of normal living conditions;
• New owner of the house had just been deprived of the purchased property on the basis that the former owners of real estate is not able to provide kids an equivalent apartment.

In addition to the children, rogues drawn into their scam groups such as the disabled and the elderly. They make out on them the care and waiting for the moment when their "wards" would not sell their property. As soon as the transaction takes place, scammers go to court and seek annulment of the contract on the grounds that a person who has realized the apartment had no right to do this without the consent of a guardian.

How to avoid all these risks?

Hire a good lawyer. Or purchase a high-quality housing in the primary market. Fortunately, here new apartments are sold very cheaply.