Rental Scam TipOff Reports| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Anonymous Harlesden, Brent, United Kingdom 2013-11-25 17:14:12 Rental Scam eBay (www.ebay.com) |   Untitled Rental Scam on eBay (www.ebay.com), ref:14245 Scammer Information I bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 on Ebay auction from user name maiyabell091113 I paid through Ebay as usual, but 5 minutes later the money I paid was refunded and a Paypal invoice for the phone was issued to me in the name of Andrew Butler. I immediately called Paypal to check if I would be protected if I paid the invoice, and a reassuring American man looked at the transaction and said I would be - and so I paid it. I Upon receipt of the money I received an email from Drew Be… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom 2013-11-25 13:23:35 Rental Scam Gumtree |  gumtree room rental scam Scammer Information I live in a shared house and i put an ad on gumtree i got a text from this number saying that they wanted to move in it was too fast so i google the number this site told me that is was a scam. I responed to the message that they asked for my paypal email address to make payment. i asked for i.d. i got a passport picture send and a driving send. i am currently in processes of asking for move information and why she wants my paypal address. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Torrance, CA, United States 2013-11-24 03:46:17 Rental Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) |  Rental Scams/Babysitting Scams/ Petsitting Scams Scammer Information Dina Gatti is a known con artist in the Las Vegas area. In 2007, Dina Gatti and her husband, James Gatti ripped off a ton of people by taking rental deposits and then they bailed with the money. I gave her a deposit on a condo that didn't exist and she proceeded to take my money and then physically assaulted me. I turned her in to the Las Vegas Metro police. Please stay away from her ads for rentals, babysitting, petsitting, or jewelry. She is a mentally unstable woman.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Las Vegas, NV, United States 2013-11-22 02:17:50 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site | Got an email where we says he is interested in purchasing my home Scammer Information Just that He wanted fast information on the house… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Torrance, CA, United States 2013-11-22 02:16:43 Rental Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Room Share Scammer Information Dina Gatti is a scammer in the city of Las Vegas. She posts ads for rental properties that don't exist. She wants you to give her a deposit to split a condo with her, but she will take your money and you will never see it again. This woman had a rap sheet for exploiting renters in the Las Vegas area in 2007. Please do not rent from Dina Gatti.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Orlando, FL, United States 2013-11-21 14:26:35 Rental Scam |  +1 Can you help me in Purchase of a home and relocation(Details) Scammer Information Real Estate. He wants to buy a property of $2 Millions. here is the email he sent:
"Thanks for your reply, what i need is a single family home, a big kitchen, a car garage that can content up to 3 cars, a flower garden and also a pool. I will be happy if you can put the pictures together and sent it to me for me to make selection with my wife and children. I am ready to purchase a house that will not be more than $2,000.000(Two Million US Dollars) .
The life of my family i… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous La Prairie, Quebec, Canada 2013-11-21 05:21:18 Rental Scam | Home in Canada!(Details) Scammer Information received this email from said general explaining his search for a home. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2013-11-21 02:01:37 Rental Scam | Travel rental team - holiday accommodation Scammer Information I have been looking for rental property and received an email telling me a property I had requested info on was available. I didn't recall the property - it is an area I was looking at, huge and beautiful. VERY cheap for what it is and over Christmas/NY period - even offered a 20% discount, which is crazy for that time of year (it is summer in Australia, so beachside properties are snapped up at Christmas time, which is our long summer holiday period). Has UK phone number … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Claudio Somewhere in Italy 2013-11-20 23:28:59 Rental Scam | Pro Luxury Holidays (aka "Your Holidays Rentals") Scammer Information He offers many apartments in different cities at very good prices, always with at least a 20% discount. Moreover there are also a lot of services included, as for example free airport transfers, daily housekeeping service and free laundry service.
All this at a very advantageous price, too!
For booking they require the total amount through a wire transfer to a bank account based in UK.
But the strangest thing is that in the lease there are no details about the apartment:
-no… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Elmhurst, IL, United States 2013-11-20 18:03:56 Rental Scam | Yourholidaysrentals is a scam Scammer Information I have copy-pasted the e-mail I received below. A few points:
1) The deal is way too good to be true.
2) The description of the vacation rental they offered does not match the photos of the house on their site - I was able to find the house in the photos and the house from the description on different sites.
3) In my search for a vacation rental, I have only requested 3 quotes via vrbo.com (operated by homeaway.com). Somehow this scammer discovered my e-mail address and the… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Masrur Odinaev Mahwah, NJ, United States 2013-11-19 00:35:01 Rental Scam | Untitled Rental Scam , ref:14062 Scammer Information Scammer tries to rent properties that are not for rent, address on the website says they based out of UK, ip look up showes they based out of British Virgin Islands and website went live September 12th 2013… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands 2013-11-16 19:26:06 Rental Scam | HolidaysProperties Scammer Information I intended to reserve an apartment in New York, signed a contract with Leston Eusebio and transferred the money as requested. It turned out to be a scam. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Mountain View, CA, United States 2013-11-16 14:50:17 Rental Scam | +1 Your Holidays Rentals (aka "Pro Luxury Holidays") Scammer Information They offered us a rental property in Truckee, CA but the details sounded way too good to be true. Offered us a 20% discount to make it super cheap for a luxury rental during hot dates in a peak season. Suspicious when they requested bank wire transfer and they're based in London, UK. Their web site says to like them on Facebook and Twitter but there's no reference on those sites at all to them.
Their name on web site and email was "Your Holidays Rentals" but the bank wire in… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-11-14 09:10:46 Rental Scam | +1 property rental via stayz Scammer Information Thank you very much for your booking request.
My property ( Web address: http://www.stayz.com.au/accommodation/vic/melbourne/merricks/115327 ) is currently available for your dates
08/01/2014 – 29/01/2014
we do have a request for the period that you ask, but that’s not signed. So everything is still available. We give the house to the party which signs first.
We have a special offer. The breakdown would be as follows:
AU$ 12,000.00
$ 0.00 (Departure Clean… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia 2013-11-14 05:06:39 Rental Scam | proluxuryholidays Scammer Information I have been sending enquiries about renting an apartment in Paris through VRBO and others. I received an email directly from proluxuryholidays thanking me for my enquiry and offering a very good price with 30% including airport transfers, daily housekeeping, free laundry etc. Payment to be by bank transfer but they want your name, address, phone number to email contract.
All sounds too good to be true. Beware, this is a scam! I only found out because someone told me to check… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Sterling, VA, United States 2013-11-14 00:21:52 Rental Scam | VRBO Homeaway Scammer Scammer Information Scammer claims to have an available property in the area you have made inquiries in and offers great discounts to lure you in. Refuses to verify identity, and only accepts wire transfer. Beware!
Wire transfer information:
Total Booking Charges: $ 3,150.00
Receiver: Gerou Travel
Sort Code: 11 08 27
Account #: 11 43 22 61
SWIFT/BIC: LOYDGB2L
IBAN: GB11HLFX 11082711432261
Bank Name: Halifax PLC
Bank Address: 427 High Road, Town Centre, Wembley, HA9 7AB… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia 2013-11-12 11:14:06 Rental Scam Gumtree | Gumtree house rental advertisement Scammer Information I advertised a room for rent on Gumtree and i received a text message asking me to reply to a 'Katie coope' via email only, Which i did, On the 2nd email she/he/they asked for my full home address which i did not supply, 3rd email they asked for full bank details which i didn't not supply.
The excuse as to why 'Katie' couldn't ring was because she works as a chef on a cruise boat with next to no reception, so she had someone helping her find a place and organise her funds.
T… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2013-11-11 19:36:28 Rental Scam | VRBO/Homeaway Scam Scammer Information After using VRBO's website to enquire about a vacation rental this email address contacts you with a great deal on a property.
It's not necessarily the property you inquired about. They will send you a booking contract with wire transfer instructions. Be careful!!
Also connected to the following email address: contact@boutique-rntl.com… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Benedetta Fedi Pontedera, Province of Pisa, Italy 2013-11-08 17:13:21 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site | Clemenz Stoger Scammer Information I was renting a flat in New York, through website Homeaway.com. He stole me 1400 €, by Barclays Bank. Police told me that I'will never have back that money. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-11-07 08:58:55 Rental Scam Other Payment Site | +1 Travel Rental Team Scammer Information They offer discounted holiday houses for rent in Australia, they communicate only via email. They ask for payment via wire transfer. The phone number they have listed on their web-site is a timber store in London.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 2013-11-05 06:47:45 Rental Scam Gumtree | Apartment in Cape Town Scammer Information The person emailed me out of the blue.
I did however, recognised the property as one I did look at, so something did look dodge.
He wanted to know more about me,then pay the deposit and rental payment before I got the keys. He also used the Uk moving company as collateral.
He wanted a copy of my passport photo as well.
He evades all questions.
… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous New Orleans, LA, United States 2013-11-04 22:28:15 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) |  Renting property they do not own or have rental agreements with Scammer Information They have listed one of our properties in Breckenridge Colorado for rent.
They do not have this property available to them to rent.
They are scammers!!!! They do not have anything to rent.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Brooklyn, NY, United States 2013-11-03 20:11:49 Rental Scam | VRBO and HomeAway scam, Boutique Rental rental@boutique-rntl.com Scammer Information Will wait for owner to contact renter stating the property is not available. Then will email renter claiming to represent multiple vacation rentals on VRBO that are available, asking for a Swiss wire transfer to pay for property. Will use owner's real name in the reply and link to other sites that they are listed on (TripAdvisor etc) in the email. Beware wire transfers that are sent to countries outside that listed on the owner's address and ALWAYS verify the owner's identity… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Ningbo, Zhejiang, China 2013-11-03 03:46:15 Rental Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Alpa Craig's list rental scam Scammer Information Trying to get you to send the money to the shipping company before she 'moves in'… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in United States 2013-11-01 05:42:37 Rental Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Privatly owned home "for rent" Scammer Information This person tried to rent out OUR home using the info our property manager legitimately posted on Craig's List. We had umpteen people arrive at our home looking to rent it for 1/2 the actual list price.… Read Full Report ⇒ |