Reader Norma from Costa Mesa, CA has sent in an e-mail in response to this previous reader e-mail about a rental scam in Costa Mesa.
Our home recently appeared on Craigslist advertised for rent in the exactly same wording as the one submitted by Rose of Costa Mesa, CA. A couple showed up at our [...]
Cleveland woman caught up in rental scam on craigslist:
‘Dr. Jack Fred’ from Nigeria tried to sell a Cleveland woman’s house for sale on craigslist. Only it wasn’t for sale.
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2 CommentsI received an e-mail from reader Deborah from Sacramento who said she was looking for a house to rent and received one of the infamous scam e-mails.
The fake scammer name used on the e-mail? Reverend Dago Villa.
It’s a good thing that this ad didn’t run in New Jersey or else my friends Antony and Mario [...]
Another rental scam e-mail sent in by reader Rose. This time about a property in the Costa Mesa, California area…
From: Andre Ulla Jose Uribe [mailto:anrdreulla@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: $1000 / 3br - 2 bath single family home. (Canyon Cir Costa
Mesa)
Hello,
Thanks for your email and interest in renting my house..I am Andre [...]
I received this e-mail today from Gene who is a realtor if you couldn’t tell by the title…
In my opinion, anything free will inevitably be misused as in the case of underage prostitution, scams and all that I read about here.
I therefore question a few less headline evoking issues. Why has it been that “for [...]
I received this scam e-mail from reader Mike. The ad was on the Nashville craigslist. This one seems like they’re not even trying anymore…
Michael,
Thanks for the email. I Brink and my wife Dr. Betty own the Apartment and also want you to know that it was due to my transfer that made i and my [...]
Scammers attack real estate:
It’s not just craigslist where the scammers have taken hold. Every once in a while we get the odd kijiji story as well and this is one of them. In case you didn’t know kijiji is a craigslist competitor that was founded and owned by eBay.
A couple from Calgary fell for the [...]
Some more fake craigslist scammer names to add to the list. The first one is Arsenio Calle which was used on the typical renter scam, thanks to reader Keith.
We also have Peter Terry and Liana Costello with the email address of lai.costello@yahoo.com which were used on rental scams in the Felton, California area. Thanks to [...]
Latest Internet scam doesn’t fool locals:
A Nigerian scammer tried ‘renting out’ a house on craigslist where a woman in Rhode Island resided. She was selling it with Century 21 but not craigslist. Century 21 decided to e-mail the scammer and this was the reply they received.
“Hi, I got your mail in regards to my house [...]
This e-mail was sent to me by Rachel in Alaska who is looking for a place to live and came in contact with the following scammer…
As I was looking for apartments yesterday, I came across what seemed to be the perfect place… I emailed sally.carman84@yahoo.com and this was my response… this was posted for [...]
