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FRAUD ALERT:  Homeowners Being Targeted by Scammers
 
To Our Customers:
 
If you purchased a home in the past 12 months, please pay particular attention to this notice.  Records Recording Company out of Milwaukee is contacting mortgage customers of Wisconsin banks, including ours, and is requesting that each customer send them a check for $87.00 to receive their recorded deed for the property purchased.  In addition, this company is giving customers five days to pay or the charge will increase to $131.00.
 
Right now, it appears that their primary target is home buyers who purchased homes within the past 12 months, although they may also be targeting those who made purchases more than a year ago.
 
THIS IS A SCAM.  You paid fees for recording your mortgage and deed when you closed on your home purchase.  Those fees were reflected on the Settlement Statement provided to you at closing.
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