The article linked in the post contains several separate stories, including ones where the victim was seemingly given a separate contract to sign than the one t

The article linked in the post contains several separate stories, including ones where the victim was seemingly given a separate contract to sign than the one they had originally read (or was told, under pressure, that a contract was different from what it actually contained). The law has a concept for that: deed or title theft. "Stealing" is the appropriate colloquial descriptor.