Fake Scots Titles

[Sketraw]

I don't know a lot about these scams but it seems a bit odd to me that because some North American bought a tiny price of dirt in the Highlands they think that they would actually get some sort of title with it! What about every common house owner in say Inverness? Would you think them all lairds and dukes as well?? Am I missing something here?

No you aren't missing the point at all, it is a ridiculous concept but people are dragged into it because the land is supposedly purchased is on a Scottish Estate already. Thing is a lot of the so called estates are even made up!!

Take a look at the first video here http://www.scots-titles.com/?page_id=169 to see the market they are aiming at, and if you want to have a sad laugh look at some of the rest. Again it makes Scotland and its people look like twats!!

[auld argonian]

I could easily see an organized effort to get people to buy one square foot of an area that was in need of preservation or conservation as a means of locking out bad development...that would be a good thing. It'd be a management nightmare if they didn't agree to cede all management decisions to a central committee or whatever, though.

Seriously, though, are there really people who are that out of it that they actually see any benefit to buying any kind of title? Obviously the locals wouldn't be fooled and would treat the "pretender" accordingly and if anybody outside of the loop on the true story ever found out that someone's title had been purchased they would certainly consider that person a pretentious SOB.

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AA