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Old 04-13-2018, 08:13 AM
 
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Plenty of people do fall for it. That's why they keep doing it.
I doubt that. they keep trying and find an occasional moron who will fall for it, but not plenty of people.
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Old 04-15-2018, 05:30 PM
 
Location: Inland Empire
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HOW SOON CAN YOU MAKE THE DEPOSIT?
I like the way they beat around the bush before getting to the operative question!
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Old 04-15-2018, 05:38 PM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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That's such an obvious fake it's laughable. Who would fall for that
The same people that buy cars sight unseen or with the promise that the title will come in the mail or any one of the thousands of victims that post on these sites every day with their sob stories.


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Old 05-06-2018, 06:23 PM
 
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Jane Cooper
7:40 PM (21 hours ago)

Thank you for admiring our post. My wife posted this ad with her email so am using the email for the meantime. My wife and I need an honest tenant to ‎rent our property located at 13178 Jefferson St, Garden Grove, CA 92844. I am ‎Bishop Edwin Udeolisa and Rev. Mrs. Jane Minh C Udeolisa is my wife. We presently in Africa running a non governmental organization that educates the underprivileged ones and also leading them to accepting Christ as their Lord and savior. We decided to make our rent affordable $1025 per month (rent already include utilities; Water, Trash, Electricity e.t.c)

Our Previous property manager were only concern in making their money and never attends to the needs of the our tenant and property so my wife and I‎ decided to handle the rental ourselves.

N:B (The document and keys are with us and i have no problem sending it to ‎you throughout FedEX which will take 16 hours to get to the states so you can ‎go view the inside property but the security deposit will be put down ‎before the keys and document be sent, the security deposit is refundable if ‎you do not like the inside of my property after viewing. I will give you a ‎call once you agree to my terms and conditions). ‎Feel free to drive by the property to view the outside.

Property Basics;
Bedroom: 2.
Bathroom: 1.
sq feet: 977
Rent: 1025
Security deposit: 500
Pets Allowed(hopefully trained ones)
Lease Term: Short or long is acceptable

LEASE APPLICATION FORM

FULL CONTACT NAME?
OCCUPATION?
RESIDENTIAL HOME ADDRESS?
YOUR CELLPHONE NUMBER?
YOUR HOME PHONE NUMBER?
YOUR WORKPLACE NUMBER?
BEST TIME TO REACH YOU?
AGE & MARITAL STATUS?
OWN A PET?
OWN A CAR?
HOW MANY PEOPLE SHALL RESIDE IN THE PREMISES?
HOW LONG DO YOU INTEND TO RENT?
ANTICIPATED MOVE IN DATE?
HOW SOON CAN YOU MAKE THE DEPOSIT?
REFERENCE?

Best of regards
Bishop Edwin Udeolisa

You can reach me through this number +2347054461079‎‎ or let me know when to ‎give you a call if you can't call internationally.
I will love to speak with you


Received this today.
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Old 05-06-2018, 08:03 PM
 
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You can reach me through this number +2347054461079‎‎ or let me know when to ‎give you a call if you can't call internationally.
I will love to speak with you


Received this today.
Same phone number as the one I received. I've caught and reported so many of their fake posts that they switched to using a different email address in my area now.
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Old 05-06-2018, 09:56 PM
 
Location: Honolulu, HI
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Craigslist is riddled with fake ads. Never wire money to anyone with actually stepping onto the property
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Old 05-07-2018, 06:00 AM
 
Location: northern New England
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Craigslist is riddled with fake ads. Never wire money to anyone with actually stepping onto the property
My experience, I posted an ad looking for a rental (seasonal, in a tourist area). Almost EVERY response I got was one of these scams.

Here is a funny scambaiting video about one of these scams. Warning- vulgar language at the end.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab7eR0AALWE


Don't forget most scams rely on GREED - getting a car for less than it's worth, rental below market value, paying money for a shipment of gold, etc.

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Old 05-07-2018, 07:20 AM
 
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Craigslist is riddled with fake ads. Never wire money to anyone with actually stepping onto the property
Never wire money period with Craigslist. Even after seeing the place. It could be a former tenant with keys that you are paying.
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Old 05-12-2018, 08:12 PM
 
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I just reported and had 3 more fake CL ads removed. If the scammers didn't lower the prices so much, they might not be caught so easily. But if the lower price wasn't so tempting, they wouldn't get anyone to fall for it.
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Old 05-12-2018, 09:54 PM
 
Location: Traveling
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Originally Posted by VTsnowbird View Post
My experience, I posted an ad looking for a rental (seasonal, in a tourist area). Almost EVERY response I got was one of these scams.

Here is a funny scambaiting video about one of these scams. Warning- vulgar language at the end.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab7eR0AALWE


Don't forget most scams rely on GREED - getting a car for less than it's worth, rental below market value, paying money for a shipment of gold, etc.
Loved the video. I only wish he'd said something about reporting the scammer.

When I suspect a scam I tell them I will be reporting this to our federal government. They hang up, sigh, before I can get all the info so I can't report them.
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