The majority of Americans are taking preventative measures to safeguard themselves from those who aim to steal their money or private data as concerns over scams rise. Unfortunately, there are plenty of ways for crooks to trick individuals that they might not expect; but, few in North Dakota are as dangerous and unexpected as real estate scams.
During the research on scam in the United States, SOAX analysts gathered data from the Internet Crime Complaint Centre on the number of persons affected by real estate scam in the previous year, as well as the amount they lost. After analysing the average loss per person in each state and comparing them, it became apparent that North Dakotans had suffered the most from these frauds, at least in terms of scale.
According to the report, while North Dakota had the fewest people fall victim to real estate fraud in the previous year, each scam resulted in a large financial loss, making it just second to Alabama as the most dangerous in the country. In contrast to these extremely high figures, states such as West Virginia, Wyoming, and Nebraska, which each have more victims than North Dakota, indicate that scams are often narrower in scope, resulting in lower individual numbers per victim.