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Question
Craig's List Housing fraud?
I am looking to rent a house in St.louis, MO. I found a couple good prospects, one problem.....
The first house I found I got an e-mail back from a lady who currently lives in Nigeria(red flag eh?)She is renting it out and attached an "application" to the e-mail. Name, age,address, maritial status, religion, income level etc. I feel this is inappropriate to begin with since you can't refuse housing based on some of these factors(religion, marital status). My guess is she is gonna want me to send the deposit $300 to her once she approves me.
The other house I found is still a little fishy...It is located in a nice area 3br/3ba and is renting out for $750 a month.This guy lives currently in the UK. He says he is there on business. He wants me to send the deposit $900 to him and he will in return send the keys ASAP and if I don't like the inside of the house he will refund my deposit asap(or so he says)
Both of these make me a little uneasy...is it just because there are so many scammers here on Craig's List? Maybe one of these are legit, but you'd never know through all the other's scammer bullcrap going on.
Could one of these be legit? I tend to trust the second guy a little more since he told me to check county records on the house.I did and his name comes back.What do you guys think?
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just light your money on fire...it will be quicker that way
by Jari - 2 years agoIf you can't set up an appointment with them in person, there's a good chance it's a scam. Wouldn't someone hire a person to represent them if they were away?
Better safe than sorry, right?
This is to fishy to me. I sure wouldn't send a deposit at all. I don't know if it is legit or not, it sounds strange.If you send your $900.00 and lose it, then you are out of luck. I don't think I would take the chance after thinking about it.
PS.I think Craig's lists have the most scammers other than Nigeria.
Second guy's a scammer too. He looked up the exact same information you did. Say he looked up the county records and found that the owner of the house is John Smith. He then sent you an e-mail saying "Hey, my name is John Smith and I own that house."
Ignore both of these people. If you want to rent a house or an apartment somewhere, deal with a legitimate Realtor in that city.
NOOOOOO dont do it!
this is a pure scam, those darn nigerians are all over craigslist trying to screw us americans out of money, be careful they even steal realtors pictures and put it up there and put an ad renting the home very cheap, its a SCAM, deal locally do NOt ever send money to a craiglister especially one that is out of the country!
DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE DO IT ALL IN PERSON, IF YOU DO SEND IT YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MONEY. THERE ARE MANY LOCALS YOU CAN DEAL WITH WITHOUT HAVING THIS WORRY..
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personal experience
by ilovejesus4167 - 2 years agoNeither of those are legitimate. Do not do business with someone on Craig's List unless you can meet face to face. And there are many other sources of rentals in your area that aren't so risky, so I would suggest you stay away from CL for housing. Use it for furniture and stuff like that where every other seller isn't a fraud.
by Jim L - 2 years agocraig's list is good for local cheap purchases of THINGS,
never ever use it for real estate..........
call a real estate firm.
I can guide further if desired.
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USA RE broker
kkemper1@mindspring.com
READ the Craigslist WARNINGS. They are there for a reason.
Don't deal with these foreigners, and don't rent a home you haven't seen. Don't make a deposit in hopes of a refund if you don't like it.
I am a LL who uses Craigslist, and I will meet and show the units. I don't take any money until some one has seen the unit and I've seen them and received an application. If I were out of the country, I would hire a realtor to do so for me.
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real estate investor
by chatsplas - 2 years agoThe are both Scams. When you are looking for a place. The Owner or realty will
set something up with you to view the place face to face.
And not saying they are out of state. When you get replies like that just put it
in your spam. Usually local listing always have a contact number.
Even though he said check the county record he has found a way yo use the
owners name. Do not fall for those type of scams.
Both of them should make you uneasy, there most likely scams. Just think about this; someone puts an ad on craig's list or zillow whatever, they pull the information from that ad, and contact you who are looking as if they own the place. Get my drift. If they aren't in town to show you the place, and you need to see them open the front door with a key, then chances are they don't own it. And have no legal right to rent it or otherwise. Do not give anyone money until you have checked ownership and the key works in the front door. Oh and don't fall for those that will wire you money to your account, and you can just send them the balance later. These people think we just fell off the turnip truck! Such con's in the UK!
by Realtoratheart - 2 years agoboth are common scams.The second could have seen the house for sale or rent on any other real estate site, contacted county records, found out the owner's name, and then assumed the real owner's name as his identity in the scam. I could find out the property owner was Jane Smith then create a Jane Smith@yahoo.com email and pretend to be the owner. Nobody in the UK is going to ask you to send them money, he'd have a local agent or property manager showing the place and taking money. Never send any personal info or deposit until you have actually seen the place, he's not going to send any keys.
If you have the address, go and ring the bell and see who answers. Chances are, the people living there have no idea someone is trying to rent out their house. If there is no answer, ask the neighbours if they know whether the house is for rent or not.
