Practicing lawyer on cases where scammers evict legal owners from the apartment

In our country, the dream of an apartment is not that completely unrealizable, but it is still quite difficult to buy your own property. Registration of the apartment at the notary - that's just the first step. Further caution is equally important. After all, it is because of high housing prices and relatively low wages that many not too honest people try to get their own housing in fraudulent ways.

Read everything that is written in small print is very important! If you feel insecure when it comes to all sorts of documents, registration of private property and similar things, you should consult a specialist. And even better, if this specialist turns out to be a reliable and trusted person who can be trusted.



Contract of sale of apartment In itself, there is nothing complicated. This is a document that should contain the name, parties, subject, essence and price. It is also very important that a list of people living in the apartment and retaining the right to use housing after the transaction is indicated.



Of course, there are additional items. They concern the state of the apartment, the time when the living space will be transferred to the new owner, the features of monetary calculations. Prudence and caution In terms of all stages of buying a home is extremely important.

A large part of the scams is that the scammers renting an apartment without the knowledge of the owner. For example, a fake passport can be used. One day, they may knock on your house and tell you it doesn’t belong to you anymore.



In that case, you should immediately counsel. Most of these cases are decided in favor of the person who filed the lawsuit. Of course, for this you need to conduct a number of important examinations and check the documentation. It's hard to advise here, except to always have a good lawyer's number on hand.



There may also be cases when the fraudster gets his hands on the power of attorney. In this case, the owner of these documents can quickly sell the apartment. For example, while the owners are on vacation. The best advice in this case is not to pass the documents to anyone. Relatives, neighbors, acquaintances... You always increase the risk of losing your property.



It's one thing for scammers to take housing based on publicly available information about you. But it’s different when it’s because of you. carelessness. Many people do not read the documents they sign. Often it happens that the owner instead of issuing documents on the mortgage of the apartment swings the contract of sale.



How to protect yourself from scammers I have already mentioned above. However, it will not be superfluous to request an extract from the MFC on your property from time to time. She can confirm that the house belongs to you, not someone else.