BENNINGTON, Vt. (NEWS10) The Vermont District Attorney’s office says identity theft is one of the top ten scams in the state. But Jenifer Hoffman, Owner of Hoffman Real Estate, had no idea that a potential client looking to sell land was a possible scammer who had stolen someone’s identity.
Martha Cordova was in town Friday to file a report with the Bennington Police Department about a sophisticated real estate scam that could have resulted in her home lot being sold out from under her and her husband.
Realtor Jenifer Hoffman is thanking a sixth-sense feeling she had about a proposed listing of a Bennington home lot for extricating her business from an elaborate and sophisticated scam.
Realtor Jenifer Hoffman is thanking a sixth-sense feeling she had about a proposed listing of a Bennington home lot for extricating her business from an elaborate and sophisticated scam.