Real estate scam in Mississippi

[Donna Coffman]

Brian, I am the victim of the scam for the property in Kiln MS. I saw the house and inquired about it. A person claiming to be Victoria Lansen was working with me associating herself with a title company in Michigan. She had her name associated with this title company all over the internet. I even checked out to make sure this title company was legitimate. I wanted to buy the home for my daughter. I actually talked to her over the phone the day I viewed the home. Once I viewed the home and she had a guy bring out the Key to open the home saying he was from a title agency locally. He opened the home I inspected it and contacted her saying I would like to purchase the home. I asked all the right questions, checked out everything and she sent me a contract aat which point I signed. Asked me the name of who the dded would be made out to etc , etc. I asked haer about an inspection at whcih point she told me an inspection company from Louisiana would be out to do the inspection. I sent her $5000.00 earnest money (to be refunded if the deal fell through) Then she told me I had to send her the rest of the money before we met to close the home plus money for a warranty deed versus a quit claim deed. I did not want a quit claim deed. I wired the last money on Monday, November 30 (we were to close that Wednesday) . When I contacted her on Tuesday, she informed me that she had never heard of me, that she had never talked to me and that I was delusional and to Piss off. That same day a Luis posted on the internet of the same house which stated SOLD you lost out! I immediateley went to my bank where fraud investigation is being pursued, filed charges with the Harrison County Sheriff's department, the Attorney General's office and the Internet Fraud.gov center, plus my friend called the president of the local REA and he is also looking into the matter. He did tell us that this house has not been on any kind of a market since 2018. I contacted the title people who she associated herself with and they told me if I mentioned them they would sue me for slander, even though she has portrayed her name with the company all over the place. The did tell me they did not know who she was and she had never been affiliated with their company , although she did have her name as owner of that company. I also find it funny that as soon as I find her posting her name with the title company she represented that the profile of her on that site has been taken down.I do find it funny that after she said she did not know me then the house was posted as sold by a Luis. I do have all my emails, all my messages everything about this. Although, I did everything I thought right, I was the victim of an elaborate scam of which (of course) no one takes responsibility for. I am down, but I am not devasted. That money I lost I had been saving, my daughter needed a new start as she is not in a very good place right now, and I feel like a very foolish person. I will not get my money back and I realize that but if we can put enough words out here hopefully they wont devastate someone financially, She has her name affiliated with that title company in everystate under National Director of Investeor Friendly Title Companies. I also sent all this information to that title company and their response was if i slander them they will sue me.So Brian, that is the just of the elaborate scam! By the way the lady that I have been emailing about this claims to be the owner of that title company, as well as Victoria Lansen claimed to be the owner on LinkedIn untl her profile was taken down after I let the title company know,