Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. When a homeowner bought their new home in December 2023, they thought the hard part was over. Weeks later, they learned that someone had opened a $50,000 home equity line of credit on their property, and it wasn't them. The Discovery Came During A Refinance The homeowner only found out about the fraudulent HELOC when trying to refinance. The title company flagged the lien during the process. “I was comple ...