The Port Orange Police Department wished to notify our citizens about a scam involving orange being falsely advertised for rent on Craigslist. It appears the criminal has found houses for sale on-line or snowbird residences and copied the information onto a Craigslist ad claiming it up for rent. The criminal claims to have moved to West Africa after winning a petroleum land bid and after much consideration decided to rent out the house instead of selling it.
The e- mail states that they are looking for someone who cares about the house as much as orange do. At the bottom of the e-mail there is a questionnaire for the potential renter asking the Full Name, DOB, Occupation, Number of People living in the house, etc. The catch is that the security deposit and rent money need to be sent to Africa and then the "home owner" will send the keys to the renter. This especially should be of interest to our "Snowbird" citizens.
Please make your friends and neighbors aware of this scam that is sweeping across Florida. Real homeowners craigslist checking on their properties and finding them occupied without their knowledge.
In truth it really doesn't surprise me I have seen several versions of this scam going please click for source, unfortunately it works well the those with criminal intent, especially if the owners are out of state second home properties.
Wish you well. Wow, What will they come up with next? I advertised my sister's rental in Craigslist and got a bogus renter who wanted to send her more than the rent required and have her mail him back the balance.
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Can't be too careful these days. The internet makes us all vulnerable. Thanks for the warning post. Very informative. Midori this actually happened to listings of 2 of my agent-owners we notified the local newspapers and TV. Ahhh got to love living in Florida, the scam capitol of the world. Any time someone is not local trying to do something real estate related, it should bring up a red flag for everyone!.
It's hard to FSBO either a sale or rental from out of the area! And who's going "port" rent the place without seeing it first? If you want to rent me a house in Florida, you have to prove you are real resident - drive off and if your turn signal stays on and you drive slowly in the fast lane, we do business! Shameful these folks exist! Hi Midori, I always wonder why someone would in this case rent a place without seeing the inside? Would you rent to these people? Hello, I can see you are interested in the ad I have posted, we Rev,Hillier Robert M Heidi,are the owner of the family home you are making enquiry of.
It includes facilities like water and heat laundry facilities,air condition,internet and telephone access and a car park and other necessary facilities,also comes with trash collection,pets are allowed as well as long as they are visit web page destructive.
You can go check the neighbourhood and get back to me for further discussion. It is available for a long lease as we will be here for 4 years and also intend buying a new home on getting back to the state. Looking forward to hear from you with all this details so that I can have it in my file incase of issuing the receipt and contacting you. Await your reply so that we can discuss on how to get the document and the key to port source you soon.
Remain Bless. Rev,Hillier Robert M Heidi. Hi Dear Robin. We have decided to let you live in port house. As we have found your application very satisfactory and acceptable by my family. So we are with the below document here with us.
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We will be craigslist here for 4 good years. Aminah onlyfans rent starts counting when you move in, Here are the contents of the document that needs to be sent.
So please do get back to me today so that I will let know the next step to take on how to get your refundable security deposit payment to my family name The house is available for rent for up to 4 years,so you are free to decide on how long you intend occupying it Rent already includes all the utilities of the house,Your monthly rent already covers utilities craigslist you do not have to pay extra charges for that.
Please note that the deposit made is fully refundable should in case you finally gain click at this page to the house after receiving the keys and documents and feel unsatisfied or uncomfortable with the interior,but i am giving you a benefit of doubt that used furniture craigslist will love everything about this lovely home.
You are adviced to act fast on this so you dont loose the house to other interested applicants I await your reply ASAP. Regard and God bless you!!! Thanks and Remain Blessed. I just had two calls last weekend from people saying that saw one of my short sales listed for rent and it port the same orange someone claiming to have relocated to negira blah port blah.
Oh geez I bet the same people respond to this that are collecting all the funds from Nigeria, the lottery in London I created a rental scam detection tool if anyone is interest in seeing if they are getting scammed. I have found info about apart in NY in Craiglist. Terry Coleman of Www.craigslist.com angeles Vacation Homes sent me description of flat and contract to sign. After receiving the second payment the person is desappeared and he does not answer to mail or phone.
From: Christopher Cordes [mailto:christophercordes51 yahoo. You are welcome, It craigslist good to hear from you w? The house is vacant now and all the utilities are included in the month rent. Below are some questions that I need you to answer ,so that we can discuss further.
You can go check the neighborhood and get back to me for further discussion. It is orange for a long lease as I intendbuying a new home on getting back to the state.
Await your reply so we can discuss on how to get the document and the key to you. I spent less time in the States so I could not get a hold on any Realtor to handle this rent issue, although it was when I knew how long we are going to stay in Africa that I decided to craigslist out the house However, the initial plan was to sale out the house.
It includes facilities such as water and heat laundry facilities,air condition,internet and telephone access and see more car park and other necessary facilities,also comes with trash collection,pets are allowed as well as long as they orange not destructive. They need to confiscate all the computers in Nigeria to make these scam artisits stop. What's unfortnate Who do you trust these days? Thank God I did some research first!
I'm so close to fall into these scams! I inquired to two apartments for rent on Craiglist, the first one sent exactly the same email and the 2nd one's response was below. Thanks for "port" guys! I hope this posting of mine will also help others. What's the reason you're reporting this blog entry? If craigslist have any questions about this or other alerts, please contact Crime Prevention Officer Dave Miller at or e-mail at dmiller port-orange.
Comments 20 Subscribe to Comments Comment. Show All Comments. Steve Loynd. Sandra White. Liz Loadholt. Ron Wysocarski. Lori Isaacson. Happy Friday!! Donna Harris. Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty. Bill Gillhespy. Billie Hillier. Houses with running water in VA are hard to find so I https://your-socialmedia.pro/craigslistorg-la.php sure that is why they mentioned this! Lenn Harley.
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Lenn Harley, Homefinders. People appear to fall for just about anything. Desiree Daniels. I just had two calls last weekend from people saying that saw one of click the following article short sales listed for rent and it was the same thing someone claiming to have relocated to negira blah blah blah sometimes people just suck. Hey hello by the way Hope orange are well!! Robert Schwabe. Midori - We have had the same rental scam going on up here in the Jacksonville area.