{"id":53236,"date":"2017-12-26T15:34:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T15:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/12\/26\/just-closed-your-va-loan-beware-of-refinancing-scams\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:26:50","slug":"just-closed-your-va-loan-beware-of-refinancing-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/home-hq\/2017\/12\/26\/just-closed-your-va-loan-beware-of-refinancing-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Just closed your VA loan? Beware of refinancing scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The paperwork\u2019s filed, the deals are signed, and aside from the years of mortgage payments and the other stresses of ownership, you can relax and start turning your new house into a home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until the postman shows up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter I did close on my home, my mailbox was just flooded with mail solicitations, with \u2018Refinance!\u2018 and \u2018Get a Better Rate!\u2018 said Cassandra Rowley, a former sailor-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.remax.com\/realestateagentoffice\/silverdale-wa-98383-cassandrarowley-id27428439.html\">turned-Realtor<\/a> in the Seattle area who used her VA loan benefit to help finance her own home earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIgnore all that. You have to ignore all that. You just took on this huge, several-thousand-dollar debt. You want to let your credit repair, you want to let everything smooth out before you make any more major decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s another good reason to skip out on those offers: Some may not be legit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Home HQ outlined a recent \u201cWarning Order\u201d by two federal agencies on possible VA loan scams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/home-hq\/2017\/11\/29\/warning-order-issued-on-va-loan-scams\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, but that warning was far from the first. A 2016 message <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/council\/news-events\/bbb-scam-alerts\/2016\/11\/mortgage-refinancing-scams-prey-on-military\/\" target=\"_blank\">from the Better Business Bureau<\/a> addressed the refinance scams specifically and offered some tips to help new homeowners ward off predatory lenders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><b>New-school scammers:<\/b> You may still get the red, white and blue leaflets in the mail, but many of the scams have moved to email or social media to find their victims.<\/li><li><b>Don\u2019t \u201cact now\u201d:<\/b> Some legitimate lenders do offer limited-time pricing, and there may be deadlines attached, but if you\u2019re feeling pressured into an immediate decision, it\u2019s not a good sign.<\/li><li><b>Pay first, problems later: <\/b>If you\u2019re asked to pay upfront so you can lock in a rate, step away. And if the lender requests an unusual method of payment (gift card, prepaid debt card, wire transfer), there\u2019s a good chance it\u2019s being done to your detriment.<\/li><li><b>Guaranteed rate?:<\/b> Any pitches that involve \u201cguaranteed\u201d figures before a lender even gets a glimpse at your credit score should be cast aside. Fast.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve been targeted by a suspected scammer, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/oig\/about\/investigations-contact-list1.asp\" target=_blank>contact VA investigators<\/a> to share your story. You can also contribute to the Better Business Bureau\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/scamtracker\/us\" target=_blank>Scam Tracker<\/a>, which monitors lending and other types of scams nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guaranteed rates, unusual payment methods &#8230; and other signs that a loan offer is too good to be true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":79164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":9,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[9,28],"tags":[],"coauthors":[810],"class_list":["post-53236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-hq","category-va-loan-center"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"WCHSBMAJYBGQJCB3SF5OKM7TU4","arc_canonical_url":"\/home-hq\/va-loan-center\/2017\/12\/26\/just-closed-your-va-loan-beware-of-refinancing-scams\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"home-hq-layout","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Just closed your VA loan? 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