Estate sale scams


Oregon’s Department of Justice is looking into some estate sellers amid numerous complaints that they are taking advantage of elderly customers.

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Oregon’s Department of Justice is looking into some estate sellers amid numerous complaints that they are taking advantage of elderly customers.

The majority of estate sellers manage their businesses without complaint, and their events are held without a hitch. But the pressure of recession has no doubt trickled down to estate sales, which are largely unregulated and a potential minefield for consumers.

Complaints to the DOJ concerning estate sellers, secondhand stores and auction houses have doubled since 2008. Among those lodging complaints are an elderly widower, a woman with breast cancer trying to fund her care and adult children selling the family home. All told the state they were never paid for heirlooms, which were either sold at garage sale prices or simply vanished.

Read more at OregonLive.com.

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