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- From: jms@vision.sarnoff.com (Jerry Shapiro x2420)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: New Mortgage Scam
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.140450.17379@nova.sarnoff.com>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 14:04:50 GMT
- References: <1992Sep11.185218.16917@chpc.org>
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- In article 16917@chpc.org, rboudrie@chpc.org (Rob Boudrie) writes:
- >My mortgage holder (Huntington Mortgage) just wrote to inform me that
- >I qualify to save $48K in interest over the lifetime of the loan. All
- >I have to do is pay them 1/2 mtg payment per month (and sign an
- >agreement allowing them to collect this directly from my checking account).
- >They will keep this money in a separate account, and apply it to the
- >mortgage at the regular due dates (though with a slightly larger amount
- >since there will be 13 instead of 12 payments per year).
- >
- >The catch? I only have to pay a "one time processing fee" of $495.00
- >for them to set this up, and a $1.00 fee on each bi weekly payment
- >processed!
- >
- >The "questions and answers" in the accompaning literature answered the
- >question "Is there any other way to reduce the interest?" with mention that
- >payment of additional interest as per contract terms is permitted, but that
- >this is the only systematic way of arranging for Huntington to collect
- >bi weekly payments on a regular basis.
- >
- >I guess I don't understand why they gave me a mortgage in the first place
- >if they think I'm stupid enough to pay them $495 for this non-service.
- >(I'll just keep sending in extra principal with each month's payment and
- >do it myself).
- >
- >Rob Boudrie
- >rboudrie@chpc.org
-
-
- I also got this from them! They want you to pay *them* $2 a month to have
- withdrawal privileges on your checking account, yeh right. I trust this
- company so much that I spend $2 a month sending my payments certified
- mail so that they can't *lose* my payments or delay cashing my check and
- charge me a late fee.
-
- Jerry Shapiro
-