Mortgage fraud is a national problem that's getting more and more rampant in our area, according to Interthinx, a company that periodically releases its research analysis of national fraud numbers.

Its warnings are particularly dire for the Miami area, where South Florida's ranking 2nd in the country for mortgage fraud risk in 2011. Last year, that ranking was 20, making South Florida the only area in the country with a significant increase in mortgage fraud.

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