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If anyone knows someone looking for a rental apt. on LI you know how bad the housing market is for rentals. They are holding a press conference regarding this matter today in Hauppauge at 10AM. During the press conference they are suppose to updating about a Craigslist rental scam that someone by the name Joseph Fernandez was running. He stole $10,000 + from would-be tenants. He was busted. Read details in the link I provided for all the details. He was arrested in Sept. but was let out. He continued to do this & was arrested again last December. If you or anyone you know recognizes him & might have been another victim that is not aware that he was apprehended please call the number in the link I am providing.
My friend was one of those known half dozen renters. It was a pretty terrible time for her.
So Sorry that your friend was a victim of him. and there are more that have not yet come forward yet. That is the reason I posted this. Hoping more will come forward so they can pile on more charges to keep the guy from doing this again & maybe keep him locked up longer!!
This guy deserves a bullet to the head. What a worthless POS.
Well, NO, he does not deserve a bullet to the head. Last I heard, minor scamming doesn't merit a death penalty.
But I'd be very interested in reading a detailed article on this. Everyone knows you have to be cautious with CL, so I wonder if the people who were scammed were stupidly flaky.
Well, NO, he does not deserve a bullet to the head. Last I heard, minor scamming doesn't merit a death penalty.
But I'd be very interested in reading a detailed article on this. Everyone knows you have to be cautious with CL, so I wonder if the people who were scammed were stupidly flaky.
I posted link to 2 articles. It is being updated now & they are looking for more possible victims still as they know there are more. As for the people that were scammed...well there is a very simple answer for that.
The victims for the most part can NOT find apartment rentals on LI that are affordable. The affordable ones are either in bad neighborhoods. Or are illegal basement apts. That the LL has all sorts of restrictive & some very silly rules they impose on those renters. They all say they only want 1 person. No kids or pets allowed.Some even say no parking for CARS! YES they do that because they do not want the neighbors to get pissed & report their illegal basement apt to the town.
As for the people that fall for it. They are DESPERATE! And the scammers know that! Many are poor. Have little to no $$. Have very poor credit & criminal records. All that keeps them from being able to get a good decent & legitimate legal apt. And the SCAMMERS that do this know that. They prey upon those people. Saying we would be willing to rent to you without doing any checks if you pay us CASH now.And these people give them the CASH right away.There are many around not just this one that was caught. No one wants to rent to someone with bad or NO credit history or if their background check shows any criminal activity. Can't say I blame them really.
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