Rental Scam TipOff Reports| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Patricr Green Houston, TX, United States 2014-05-15 15:01:00 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site |  +1 Smartvacationinc.com Scammer Information I tried booking a rental in New Orleans, La. for the 4th of July weekend. Smartvacationinc. Sent me an email of a contract and price request of 960.00. They required me to do a bank transfer from my account to there account which is located in London, U.K.
A bank called Barclay's. Marisol Vardal was the name listed on the bank account. They told me I had 10 days after I signed the contract to transfer the money. In which I did and notified them of confirmation, then never to … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Chelsea, Royal Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom 2014-05-15 10:51:51 Rental Scam | Villa rental Scammer Information Villa rental in Dubai - all seemed genuine, spoke on the phone, sent several pictures of the property - emails. He was very helpful researching chefs and quad bikes etc. Once the final payment had been paid the email address and phone number were out of use, he's taken all the money and now we have nowhere to stay for our vacation next week!… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Budapest, Budapest, Hungary 2014-05-14 05:38:30 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) |  accommodation Scammer Information Hello
Thanks for your reply and assistance so far. I have just concluded arrangements with the visitors and they have decided to stay at your place for that period. However a Certified Bank Cheque of (€ 5,000) was earlier made out by the Authorities who are sponsoring the guest who are visiting. The Cheque payment was meant to cover for the cost of their accommodation, car rental services, and other necessary arrangements for all the 10 persons who were initially meant… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | John Cedar Knolls, NJ, United States 2014-05-13 20:13:40 Rental Scam | Holidays scam Scammer Information SCAM SCAM SCAM http://www.holidaysteamfinder.com http://www.holidaysteamfinder.com http://www.holidaysteamfinder.com
SCAM SCAM SCAM RENTALS WEBSITE… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Virginia Beach, VA, United States 2014-05-09 20:27:44 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site |  312-869-2783 Scammer Information I was on a website looking for apartments or houses for rent near my area. I was quickly notified by a anoymous person stating that they were gonna rent a house for half the market value. They posed as H.I.V people who acted like they were gonna go around the world and teach youth health. Then they stated that all they wanted was $200 to move in that money wasn't an issue. So I thought it was too good to be true so I googled the number and its a known scam number. I'm glad I … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Brandon, MS, United States 2014-05-09 17:01:15 Rental Scam Other Job Site | Untitled Rental Scam on Other Job Site, ref:19065 Scammer Information No other details from sender wanted all mine for rental.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany 2014-05-07 11:55:59 Rental Scam Other Payment Site | German Email Scam Scammer Information Sehr geehrter Nutzer ******* *****,
wir sind sehr erfreut Sie als unseren neuen Kunden zu begrüßen.
Die Rechnung ist innerhalb von 7 Tagen zu begleichen. Im Anhang finden Sie nochmal die Rechnung mit unseren Impressum. Sollten Sie unser Angebot nicht annehmen, können Sie bequem innerhalb von einem Monat mit Hilfe des Schreibens im Anhang den Vertrag stornieren.
Die 15 tägige Abogebühr beträgt 39,95 €. Die Laufzeit Ihres ABOs beträgt 12 Monate und… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in United States 2014-05-06 00:53:36 Rental Scam | I was looking on zillow, truilia, and hotpads for a place to rent. I found a nice house but the rent was way to cheap. The per Scammer Information Hi Renter,
Thanks for your willingness in renting my property, My name is Thomas Joseph married with 2 kids. I am a family oriented and a good Christian I am looking for a responsible and neat tenant for my place that will take good care of my property. I had to move to (TOWAOC, COLORADO) after having a surgery due to a car accident that affected my spinal cord to live with my family to get help from them in raising my kids, I never wish to rent out my property bu… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Angie Blakely Belleville, IL, United States 2014-05-03 16:56:50 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site | zillow rental scam greathome26@yahoo.com Scammer Information Offers to rent home very cheap with utilities included. Claimes to be a man of god. Very scripted. Gives fake #s and email responses. I was very excited to think i would be able to move to a awesome home with my family. Luckily i had a gut feeling to check things out. Close call.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Hickory, NC, United States 2014-04-30 22:49:09 Rental Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) |  Craigslist scam- room rental Scammer Information … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in France 2014-04-28 18:44:54 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site | +1 LongTermLettings.com Scammer Information LongTermLettings.com website is dispaying, having stolen from a dutch website gites.nl, photos and details of a property that I own in France. Also they have added fraudulent information and rental details. I had never even heard of LongTermLettings.com until a dissatisfied potential rentor contacted me direct. The only contacts they give on the website e-mail, which they have not answered: sales@holpropmail.com, and phones going nowhere: Europe (44) (0)208-150-9171
North Ame… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Pol Washington, DC, United States 2014-04-28 16:57:44 Rental Scam | +3 Smart rentals is now Smart vacation INC Scammer Information I looked for an apartment to rent in NY in Home Away and received and email form Smart Vacation about a great apartment too good to be true, but I looked for info and did not find anything, good or bad. Until I came to this page and found a lot of mails from smart rentals and that they are exactly the same, based in UK and you have to pay 100% to a bank in England. Here is the mail
Thank you for your inquiry.
New York Vacation (Web address: http://smartvacationinc.com/new-y… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Colorado Springs, CO, United States 2014-04-26 22:24:57 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site | 1340 N Wahsatch Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Scammer Information Thanks for your interest and inquiries about my house. Yes the house is still available for rent and we are looking for a responsible person/family to occupy and maintain the house now that we are not around. Myself and wife just traveled to West Africa for a program called FAMILY LIFE AND HIV EDUCATION AND THE HIV PREVENTION FOR RURAL YOUTH PROGRAM, the program is taking place in three major countries in Europe, Africa, UK . We will be away for 4 to 6 years or more that is … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Oxford, MS, United States 2014-04-21 17:44:25 Rental Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | To rent a vacation home for a week Scammer Information I am interested, I will be coming on this vacation with my Husband and some 23 people from Canada, our trip will be sponsored by wife financial in United State having contract with them and payment will be done by US certified check.please let me have the following information so that the check can be sent to you. Name which you want to appear on the check: Address ( not P.O. Box): City State: Zip Code. Tel: Total Amount: H… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in United States 2014-04-18 05:30:39 Rental Scam | Rental Property Scammer Information Thanks for your email and interest in renting my house..I am the owner of the house you are making inquiry of…Actually I resided in the house with my family, my wife and my only daughter before but presently we have moved out due to my transfer from my work now in Warsaw,Poland. Presently my house is still available for rent, (rent already includes utilities).More so Now, i am currently in the (Germany) for an international Christian follower’s crusade..Pls i wan… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in United States 2014-04-15 19:42:31 Rental Scam | Rental Property Scammer Information From: forwardedLeads@easyfeeds.com
To: barkleyrichards@outlook.com
FIRST NAME:__________?
MIDDLE NAME:__________?
LAST NAME:__________?
PROFESSION:__________?
PHONE:
(CELL)PHONE__________?
(WORK)PHONE__________?
(HOME)PHONE__________?
KIDS_____ (YES/NO), HOW MANY________
PRESENT ADDRESS: _____________________
CITY: _______________
STATE:______________
ZIP CODE: ____________
HOW LONG? ___________IF RENTING
WHY ARE YOU LEAVING__________?
IF THIS HOUSE IS BEIN… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Amarillo, TX, United States 2014-04-14 16:53:59 Rental Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Craigslist scam Shannon Mary Scammer Information I put and ad on Craigslist for someone to take over my lease and I got a response from this person
Asking if such room/unit was still available so being that I needed someone to take over I replied saying that it was and she sent me the following message
Hello
Thanks for your prompt response, Am so happy for your quick
response..I understand your explanation. A little about me....my name
is Shannon Mary, I speaks English and Spanish fluently, I am 24yrs old
female, I am fun… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in United States 2014-04-09 15:15:43 Rental Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Kathleen Hart, Stamford, CT Rental Scam and Deposit & Rent Scam Scammer Information Kathleen Hart, a Stamford resident puts an ad on craigslist for a room for rent for people who are obviously in dire straits for a place to live. If you go to jud2.ct.gov/Small_Claims/sc_SearchParty.asp you can search for her name and she has 7 pending or closed cases. She threatened to turn off my electricity (I have email proof) and not knowing the laws, I reluctantly signed a contract with her that I would leave in order to get my security deposit back and in an earlier… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Arcadia, CA, United States 2014-04-09 06:06:22 Rental Scam | Trulia Property Rental Scammer Information Found a single family home rental property on Trulia listed for $700/Month. Thought it was too good to be true but requested information through Trulia anyway.
Got an email response from sweethome66@hotmail.com replying to my request the next day. However, the rental listing on Trulia was gone and I noticed that the property was actually on sale on MLS, Trulia, Redfin, and other sites. This just made me more suspicious.
After I replied, got a follow up scam email asking me… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous West Palm Beach, FL, United States 2014-04-07 14:05:27 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site | Rental scams Scammer Information I made a call to trulia yesterday to inquire about a property that you had listed. The whole thing seemed a bit odd to me so I decided to verify with your customer service. When I spoke to customer service the woman (who was extremely helpful) stated that it was a scam and she immediately blocked and took them off for that property.
That property is 724 Cable Beach Lane, west palm beach, fl 33410.
I have filled a complaint with the FBI as well. As I am looking through… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada 2014-04-03 00:28:42 Rental Scam | Property/Villa rental scam Scammer Information This company is a fraudulent property management company. They go by the names: PFRteam, premium-rentals, prorentals, begoldrentals. They use other peoples property listings and pretend to represent them. They will ask for a wire transfer, money transfer, etc. and you will never see any rental. They are frauds. With any rental please call the people representing the property. See what they know about the home, the island, nearest airport, etc. If it feels fishy it probably is… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada 2014-04-03 00:26:59 Rental Scam | A client contacted me about this scam Scammer Information This company is a fraudulent property management company. They go by the names: PFRteam.com, premium-rentals.com, prorentals.com, begoldrentals.com. They use other peoples property listings and pretend to represent them. They will ask for a wire transfer, money transfer, etc. and you will never see any rental. They are frauds. With any rental please call the people representing the property. See what they know about the home, the island, nearest airport, etc. If it feels fish… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada 2014-04-03 00:25:11 Rental Scam | A client contacted me about this scam Scammer Information This company is a fraudulent property management company. They go by the names: PFRteam.com, premium-rentals.com, prorentals.com, begoldrentals.com. They use other peoples property listings and pretend to represent them. They will ask for a wire transfer, money transfer, etc. and you will never see any rental. They are frauds. With any rental please call the people representing the property. See what they know about the home, the island, nearest airport, etc. If it feels fish… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Irving, TX, United States 2014-04-01 20:54:59 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site | Realtor Fraud Scammer Information Bernie was posing as a hearing impaired woman in Austin, Texas renting out her house. The house is actually for sale but somehow he stole her information. I was interested in renting the house and he said I needed to wire him $800 through Western Union for the security deposit to hold the house. This man gave me his information saying that I needed to send the money to her husband. I contacted a Realtor in Austin and they looked into the case and said that it was definitely a… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Tacloban City, Province of Leyte, Philippines 2014-04-01 17:53:21 Rental Scam | +2 Room/apartment for rent Scammer Information Sent a text after getting my number from Ayosdito Philippines. Says she is a Spanish national working for the US Coast guard and coming to Philippines to study. Asks for photos and paypal address to send the money as she requires it asap. Agrees to pay the rent and the deposit no problem. Next asks for exact address as needs to get a quote from his movers to send his stuff to the apartment.
Address was not sent. … Read Full Report ⇒ |