Well, How The Pompous Have Fallen

[ProfessorGAC]

Listening to Volume on Sirius XM, I hear a commercial for another of these home title theft rip offs.
Guess who is the "spokesman".
O'Reilly!
Big shot, pompous ass with an international megaphone is now shilling for a product to protect people from a crime that barely ever occurs!
Tiny violins!

[Shrike47]

1. Tile theft? I haven't heard about that.

It is nice to see O’Reilly taken down a few pegs.
Guess I mis-read title. Getting older.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. There Are A Few Outfits...

...selling this.
Money magazine & Smart Business Network both had articles about it.
One can't really lose their home. One might need to sue a tertiary lender to dismiss a loan taken against a forged title.
But, it's extremely rare, and the risk is super low.

[gratuitous]

2. Blotchy Bill

Sad!

[Thomas Hurt]

3. Might help if you get a famous a-hole to hawk your con job.

[leftieNanner]

5. Can we look forward to

Him doing commercials for useless life insurance? "You can never be denied!"

Next up: Ginzu knives. "But wait! There's more........."

[Mike 03]

6. That ad cracks me up too.

FWIW, if you have Lifelock, they throw in home title theft protection for free. I tried to research this "crime" to see if it actually exists and only found two articles, and in both of them the "expert" talking about it was the (former) spokesperson for Home Title Lock, a retired law enforcement officer they dug up to represent the product. I don't think this crime is "an epidemic."

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Very Rare

And, per the SBN article, the original homeowner almost never pays more than a moderate legal fee to void the illegal loan.
Like getting the buyer protection plan on a $39 DVD player.

[RAB910]

8. Don't waste your money

https://www.kiplinger.com/article/real-estate/T048-C050-S002-how-to-protect-your-home-from-deed-theft.html

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Never Intended To

There are multiple articles available and they all say it's unnecessary.
I didn't find any where the author went to the word "scam" but most were clearly recommendations to avoid them.
I never pursue this sort of warranty thing.
Like the appliance/household warranty products. The actuaries have very precisely calculated the premiums to avoid loss, almost no matter what. They're sucker bets.
They are basically a negative interest bank account.

[Midnight Writer]

9. This is targeted at old people who are scared to death someone will take away their homes.

A common fear among seniors is losing their home, their most valuable asset.

Despicable.

[lpbk2713]

10. "Act now and we'll send you a signed 8 x 10 glossy of Bill himself."

Small print --- "After 29.95 Shipping and Handling"

[Totally Tunsie]

12. O'Reilly? Oh, Really?

Must be quite a thud as he hits bottom!

[ProfessorGAC]

13. I Hope He Bounces A Bit

So he hits the ground a 2nd time!

[csziggy]

14. Sort of a dead cat bounce?

[ProfessorGAC]

15. So To Speak!

But, in order to come back down, something bad has to happen to him again!
I'd be pleased to see that!

[Progressive Jones]

16. Right Wingers need fear and bogeymen to survive. It's their drug. nt