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FBI says scammers are impersonating landowners to sell properties to unsuspecting buyers.
FBI says it's a growing and troubling new form of fraud affecting unsuspecting landowners nationwide.
FBI is now investigating alleged scammers who allegedly sold the lot in Randolph , New Jersey , to an alleged international crime web.
FBI : "Who would ever think that somebody would sell your own property from right under your nose, without your knowledge".
FBI has reported a 500% increase in vacant land fraud over the last four years .
Real estate industry groups in parts of the country with large swaths of vacant land are issuing urgent warnings to their members.
The FBI is encouraging real estate agents and property owners who suspect fraud to contact authorities before money changes hands.
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