Sheila Gibson, 69, was shocked to find an eviction notice for her home that she had just purchased

The scammer claimed that Gibson had failed to respond to the initial eviction notice, but he never sent a warning in the first place.

Gibson’s nightmare has lifted the lid on a law loophole that’s allowed some bad actors to take advantage of hardworking homeowners.

It turns out that Georgia law doesn’t require clerks to verify IDs when filing deeds, making it easier for fraudsters to exploit the system.

This means that anyone can file eviction paperwork without proving they own the home in question.

Several property owners in the Atlanta area alone have been victimized by web scams that nearly left them homeless.

Others were forced to pay “rent” to fake landlords.

“This is crazy, someone can just walk into an office, provide no ID, and no one bothers to check if they even own the home,” Gibson said.

Bourff has been arrested and charged with perjury , forgery, and filing a false document.

Authorities first picked him up in a separate county for DUI charges, then transferred him to Fulton County Jail, where he later bonded out on January 1, 2025.

Earlier, an Atlanta man’s vacation home in Charlotte, North Carolina worth $300,000 was sold by criminals for just $9,000 – they even had the deed to the property.