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A friend of mine bought a house.  It later turned out the house was built on the wrong property. So they purchased a house but the title showed they owned the land next to the one their house was on.  
Title insurance kicked in and the insurance paid for the land the house was sitting on.
The article should be saying some poor folks thought they were buying a home only to find out they were being scammed by some impersonators, this article makes it sound like the actual owners no longer have their home and if that’s the case then that’s f-ed up, laws should exist to not let that be the case. >

Isn't this what title insurance is for? >

You'd be surprised how many people turn down title insurance thinking it's "too expensive."