WGME-TV13 • August 13, 2024
The FBI recently warned that fraudsters are selling your land right from under you up and down the East Coast and attempts are continuing to happen in Maine. "It's beautiful," York landowner John Campbell said while looking at the plot of land where he plans to build his retirement home. Campbell and his wife, Peg, bought the property two and a half years ago with big dreams. But, they never planned for what came next. "Sunday I came up, and there was a for-sale sign on the land. So, I pulled the sign," Campbell recalled. Someone had been posing as Campbell with a fake license and reached out to unsuspecting realtors, hoping to sell the property from under his feet and make off with the cash. It’s part of a larger trend that the FBI recently warned about.