Rental Scam TipOff Reports| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Anonymous Somewhere in Italy 2013-08-20 10:16:47 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) |   Searching for an apartment Scammer Information This person wanted to rent my house for a year in Italy but first I had to pay for her shipment of things from the states but send an money order to china....I had to send the money right away before confirmation of my paypal acct..... … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Bad Lausick, Saxony, Germany 2013-08-19 12:31:20 Rental Scam |  rental holiday home Scammer Information He rent house as an property und send a contract. The payment is to Barclays Bank in London. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| martigna L’Aquila, Province of L'Aquila, Italy 2013-08-14 14:09:11 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | +3 Room rental in Italy Scammer Information She wanted to rent my room and asked to pay deposit via Paypal… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Waltham, MA, United States 2013-08-13 15:18:57 Rental Scam | +1 Zillow Rental Scam - 107 benham Ave Bridgeport, CT Scammer Information A rental property listing (low rent!) claimed to be in Atlanta, GA building a Jehovahs Witness hall. My suspicions were raised with a few grammatical errors and reference to sending money before moving in. He also said that the home was listed twice because he had intended to sell but had changed his mind due to agent fees(?). Also, someone we know who is a witness said that they do not sign as "Pastor". I sent a few emails probing for information on when we could get in and… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Seattle, WA, United States 2013-08-12 19:13:36 Rental Scam | Untitled Rental Scam , ref:11518 Scammer Information Same as in http://www.scamdex.com/ScamTipReports/1294 except in Rome
Here's the email he sent me. The address is a clothing store, and many of his details didn't match the Google street view of the building. Too bad, looked like a nice place.
Hello,
Thanks for the mail, the apartment is still available for rent, it is EUR500 per month inclusive all bills such as water, electricity, internet connection,water available, microwave oven, fridge,gas inclusive of a washing mach… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Bowie, MD, United States 2013-08-09 14:49:24 Rental Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) |  I posted on Craigslist to rent my time share and sandypow03@gmail.com sent me an email to rent it Scammer Information If you read the email transmission between "sandy" and I it sounds more and more like a scam. I became skeptical and played along to see what information I could get to file this.
AS you can see all "Sandy" wanted was a money order and tracking number.
I did cash the check and wait for funds to clear, it never did. I'm glad I never sent $2,000 of my own money to some person and address that did not exist.
I assume he/she is working with someone in the postal business. I d… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Kista, Stockholm County, Sweden 2013-08-08 12:38:38 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site | After i had put an ad on the webshigt ! Blocket.se this person contactet me. Scammer Information This person tried to trick me into lyes an apartment to her. But I thought it was suspicious and searched the Internet for information about this person and then found this page here. SKAMDEX! And she was registered there as a scam person. Everything already written about this person check t out except maybe the phone number see gave up.
And she pretended to be working of the ship in U.S.A.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Columbus, OH, United States 2013-08-07 03:31:39 Rental Scam | Smart Rentals Inc. Scam vacation rental company based in London UK Scammer Information Hi Everyone,
Smart Rentals has just come to our attention as property owners. We (thankfully) have had two astute potential renters contact us first when they saw a 'too good to be true' deal on our own property in Islamorada, Florida Keys.
We have never given authorization to any companies outside of VRBO, Homeaway, Vacation Rentals, Flipkey and the Official Florida Keys Tourism Board site to list our property. Smart Rentals Inc. has effectively illegally listed our proper… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Cambridge, MA, United States 2013-07-27 02:59:36 Rental Scam | +1 bestholidayrentals@gmail.com VRBO/Homeaway http://www.vrbo.com/137445ha 205 State Road Chilmark, MA 02535 Scammer Information This fraud took place with respect to the rental property 205 State Rd, Chilmark, Martha Vineyard, MA, 02535. My wife contacted the property owner through the online rental agency VRBO.com. (1011 W. Fifth, Suite 300, Austin, TX, 78703.) My wife then came to terms with the person she thought was the property owner and wired money. Property owner, Margaret Penicaud, claims to have no record of transactions, receiving money, etc. She and VRBO claim that their email/system were… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2013-07-26 18:05:11 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | Li Shuhuan rental scam Scammer Information Hello,
Thanks for getting back to me,am a Chinese simple,cool none smoker
lady willing to rent/share the room and i am at sea at the moment as i
am a Coastguard Agency employee in Canada but i was Born and brought
up in Shanghai China i got transfer to work and study part time down
there but due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and
visiting of website are restricted. I only squeezed out time to check
this advert and send you an email regarding this. i am ready t… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Campo Maior, Portalegre, Portugal 2013-07-25 18:33:44 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | Rental scam using email brdgtjef@gmail.com Scammer Information She sends her passport picture with other docs and she claims to be working for the Canadian Coastguard Agency.
She wants a room to rent and wants to pay through Paypal, after a few answers saying you don't have an account with Paypal you will see that it is definitely a scam… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Bloomington, IN, United States 2013-07-23 21:06:38 Rental Scam | Vacation rentals Scammer Information In a search on VRBO I got a response from this website. Very slick and well done, with good prices and terms; actually in reality, too good to be true. Required a wire transfer of the rental cost to a legitimate bank, viz, Barclay's Bank in the UK. Terms such as no cancellation fee are obvioulsly super suspicious. Initial contact was "Jacek Majewski" who was reported to be "in an accident." Hopefully, he was arrested.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Vic Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2013-07-23 08:30:25 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site | +1 Paul Trestovo - Gim Vecu Scammer Information On February 26th 2013, we sent an email to STAYZ to book a holiday house, "RIO BELLA VISTA"Queensland for 24th April 2014 to 4th May 2014. A reply email came back to say our email had been forwarded to the owners of the property mentioned and they will be in touch with us with further information and details SIGNED NICK/STAYZ.
Within the next hour we received a reply by email from Paul Trestovo/Gim vecu offering us a good deal for our family of 11, 6 Adults 5 Children. The d… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Cheras, Selangor, Malaysia 2013-07-21 07:21:34 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | Room rental scam Scammer Information Asking to pay mover in China before moving in rented room.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Puchong Batu Dua Belas, Selangor, Malaysia 2013-07-18 15:09:03 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | Scammer looking to rent a room, needs money to pay moving fees, brdgtjef@gmail.com, Tran Thi Kim Hoang Scammer Information This person contacted me today regarding a room I am renting out and asked me to pay some money to help move her items, claiming she is Vietnamese, born and bred in Australia, currently working in the Canadian coast guard, can't speak proper English, but needs an agent in China to ship her belongings to Malaysia.
A passport and old Melbourne driver's license was also attached. Possible identity theft here.
The person is operating under the email brdgtjef@gmail.com and uses … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Bridport, Dorset, United Kingdom 2013-07-17 15:13:22 Rental Scam | Best Holidays Rent - Scam company, will take your money and run Scammer Information Do not rent vacation properties from this company they are completely fake. I stupidly transferred $720 for a vacation apartment via direct bank transfer and they immediately stopped contacting me. Upon investigating the website they are passing off pictures of employees from another legitimate company as their own employees. Please don't make the same mistake I did. They will take your money and run.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | ardni Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia 2013-07-17 02:31:19 Rental Scam | suspicious tenant Scammer Information i am not sure what the scam is, but its quite suspicious to me, i did try and randomly google her email and saw that it was listed here.
she's requested me to rent a room, and wants to transfer money thru paypal.
she's quite strange and yes she did give me her passpor and driving licenses...… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Braga, Braga, Portugal 2013-07-15 16:42:33 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | TRAN THI KIM HOANG Scammer Information I have a house to rent in Lisbon, Portugal
Receive this sms with an strange email
KINGMOREOVER@GMAIL.COM
asking more fotos and information.....
Seems suspicious but I send
...I receive an answer from other email.....DVDLNLL@GMAIL.COM
It all seems "diferent"...from ussual
But all very easy and she wanted to rent my house....she want to pay 6 rents on advance...
I Ask banck transfer...but she insist on PAYPALL
When I send my paypall...I receive imeddiatly the "email from … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Dublin, Leinster, Ireland 2013-07-15 13:23:28 Rental Scam | Best Holydays rent.com Scammer Information They offer apartments to rent, ask you to make a bank transfer and after no more news, and impossible to join them !… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| No Name Monument, CO, United States 2013-07-15 07:21:03 Rental Scam | <bestholidayrentals@gmail.com> intercepted emails from Vrbo and Homeaway and attempted to get funds wired directly to them Scammer Information Somehow manages to get emails from VRBO and Homeaway. Pretends to own the property. Quotes a low price and attempts to get the client to wire money and to pay in full for the ski rental up front for an additional discount for the lodging.
Clients reported him to the FBI and Police in several locations. Names will not be given at this time due to the pending investigation.
Be leary of those who do not accept credit cards. Look on the calendar on VRBO and Homeaway of the
home… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2013-07-15 03:36:33 Rental Scam | Best Smart Rentals Scammer Information These scammers have spent a lot of time and effort to make their website look legitimate. They claim to have rental properties available in various locations throughout the world. They do not...don't fall for it!!! Email correspondence is very good prior to 'booking', but as soon as the booking is made, there is total silence. My spider senses went out, and I did some investigating. The hotel in Vegas has no reservation for us...money gone. Thankfully I discovered the scam… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Nordeste, Azores, Portugal 2013-07-12 01:47:12 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | Untitled Rental Scam on Paypal (paypal.com), ref:10904 Scammer Information House to rent
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 | Anonymous Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2013-07-10 10:42:45 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | Rental scam using email address brdgtjef@gmail.com and name Kim Thi Tran. Scammer Information Tran (or Kim), contacted us via SMS (from mobile number 0428 465 117) responding to our ad for a room to rent. She then emailed requesting our paypal details so she could pay the deposit on the room.
Sounded suspicious as she was supposed to be in the coast guard in Canada. Sent us a scan of her passport, medicare card and outdated driving license from Melbourne. Didn't respond to questions but kept pushing for the paypal info.
The other email address she used was abcdtra… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary 2013-07-09 22:57:39 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | +1 Rent and moving costs, Paypal transfer never arrived Scammer Information A hidden number texted me with an email address included (kingmoreover@gmail.com) about the room I rent, I answered it from my email account, and a girl got back to me, included the copy of her passport and other details, said that she takes it, when she arrives in the city, and she already sends me the deposit, first month, and if I could manage her moving costs as well, all togethet 1600 euros. As it never arrived to Paypal, only the mail notifications and she asking me to … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous McDonough, GA, United States 2013-07-09 01:54:19 Rental Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Untitled Rental Scam on Craigslist (craiglist.com), ref:10838 Scammer Information … Read Full Report ⇒ |