Looking for government help to save homes
One of the most popular search terms people use to find one of our sites is “Obama foreclosure plan.” Homeowners in economic distress are hungry for information about government programs. And of course, where there are people hungry for information about what the government is doing to help them save their homes.
Seeking information about the Obama foreclosure relief plan
Unfortunately for those seeking information about President Obama’s plan to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, many web sites have cropped up designed to lure those people into paying for services the government might offer them for free.
One such site is pictured above. I won’t link to it, but the site uses the same look-and-feel of the Obama campaign website, and the current White House website. There’s a video of the President speaking. The site even – almost certainly without legal authorization – uses the Obama campaign logo. All this is, of course, designed to give the false impression that the site is somehow government-related or government-sponsored. The site goes further, bragging about the availability of government programs to help homeowners:
Demand is expected to be very high for these programs. Although billions have been set aside to assist affected homeowners, unfortunately this window of opportunity will only last for a limited period of time. Individuals who are interested in applying for loan modification are encouraged to do so immediately.
Someone reading this would expect to be referred to a legitimate government program. Unfortunately, they’d be wrong. The site sends its visitors to a site for a clearly for-profit, privately-owned program that offers to help you get a new loan for some undetermined fee. Of course, no legitimate government site would do this (just as no legitimate government site would use a campaign logo). But for the careful reader, there’s proof that the website has nothing to do with any government program despite every possible effort made to convey that impression. In tiny print at the bottom, there’s a disclaimer:
Our website acts as an informative median, that lists references of available opportunities that individuals can learn about during our effort to recover the economy as a nation. We are not a government funded website nor do we have any affiliation with the US government. Our purpose is to open our users to multiple financial services that may help certain financial situations they face.
I think someone needs to look up the word “median,” first of all… but the important thing to remember here is that this is some private program that desperately wants you to believe that it’s a government program. It’s not.
Don’t give them a dime.
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