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Property Record Transfer Services/Recorded Deed Notice-- I'm a former title examiner, trust me, this is a scam. **Edit:** Found a copy someone else uploaded of the [same mailing ](http://idx-images.cisdata.net/acnt/images/617/AR450617/file_manager/SCAM_record_processing_notice.pdf) My parents recently transferred title of their house to my mother exclusively, and my mother received a piece of mail a few days later with some very persuasive language attempting to sell her a copy of her current deed and a "property assessment profile"... for $83. A "property assessment profile" is totally unnecessary after you have transferred ownership of your home. Every attorney and realtor involved who needed that information has already obtained it themselves, and you almost certainly received a copy of your deed in the process. The assessment information is good to have, but getting it requires nothing more than a phone call to your county assessor. You don't even need to be the owner of the property to get this information. As a former title examiner myself, this amounts to an outright hustle. Absolutely every aspect of this letter is made to look as though it originates from the county. It even includes a "Please respond by" date next to the parcel ID at the top of the page and a prepaid response envelope as though it is some kind of real estate bill. They made the letter seem very official by including my mother's name, the property address, the county parcel ID number, and all sorts of information the average person would assume that only a county official would have at hand. The thing is, all of the information stated in the letter is readily available public information that can often be obtained on the website of any county's real estate or tax assessor. Only at the very bottom of the back of the page did it state that this thing isn't something from a government agency, that it is, in fact, a solicitation, and that there is no obligation to do anything more than thro