Craigslist con man took prospective renters for a ride:
I think this is the same guy I posted about here.
Anyway Greenwood Village police arrested 43-year-old Nick J. Beram of Denver for ripping off at least 29 people for $250 a pop.
Greenwood Village Detective Joe Gutgsell said Beram represented himself as a property manager with various-sized apartments for rent, which he advertised on the Internet. For a month, he met his victims in Starbucks coffee shops, mainly the one near Interstate 25 and Arapahoe Road.
“Most of his victims were between the ages of 18 and 30,” Gutgsell said. “The prices were too good to be true.”
According to police, Beram would tell his victims that they needed to clear a background check before he would walk them through the apartment. A binder of $250 would hold the apartment until the background check was finished, they were told, and the check would not be cashed until the person cleared the check and agreed to rent the apartment, Gutgsell said.
Remember kids, if it’s too good to be true it probably is and real property managers don’t do business at Starbucks.
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September 11, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Zigs
I-25 and Arapahoe? That’s where my old office is located. lolz.
The area is pretty ghetto, but I can think of far worse ’round here. Still, rent in the area is going to be in excess of $1000/month, cause of the access to DTC.