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| Anonymous
Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
2013-11-25 13:23:35
Rental Scam
Gumtree |   gumtree room rental scam 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 ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Torrance, CA, United States
2013-11-24 03:46:17
Rental Scam
Craigslist (craiglist.com) |  Rental Scams/Babysitting Scams/ Petsitting Scams 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 pro... ⇒ more |
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| 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 Just that He wanted fast information on the house... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Torrance, CA, United States
2013-11-22 02:16:43
Rental Scam
Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Room Share 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 ... ⇒ more |
| 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) 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 y... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
La Prairie, Quebec, Canada
2013-11-21 05:21:18
Rental Scam
| Home in Canada!(Details) received this email from said general explaining his search for a home. ... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
2013-11-21 02:01:37
Rental Scam
| Travel rental team - holiday accommodation 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 ... ⇒ more |
| Claudio
Somewhere in Italy
2013-11-20 23:28:59
Rental Scam
| Pro Luxury Holidays (aka "Your Holidays Rentals") 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... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Elmhurst, IL, United States
2013-11-20 18:03:56
Rental Scam
| Yourholidaysrentals is a scam 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 ... ⇒ more |
| Masrur Odinaev
Mahwah, NJ, United States
2013-11-19 00:35:01
Rental Scam
| Untitled Rental Scam , ref:14062 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... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
2013-11-16 19:26:06
Rental Scam
| HolidaysProperties 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. ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Mountain View, CA, United States
2013-11-16 14:50:17
Rental Scam
| +1 Your Holidays Rentals (aka "Pro Luxury Holidays") 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 ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2013-11-14 09:10:46
Rental Scam
| +1 property rental via stayz 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 ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia
2013-11-14 05:06:39
Rental Scam
| proluxuryholidays 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 housekeepin... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sterling, VA, United States
2013-11-14 00:21:52
Rental Scam
| VRBO Homeaway Scammer 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.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
2013-11-12 11:14:06
Rental Scam
Gumtree | Gumtree house rental advertisement 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 ... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2013-11-11 19:36:28
Rental Scam
| VRBO/Homeaway Scam 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 c... ⇒ more |
| Benedetta Fedi
Pontedera, Province of Pisa, Italy
2013-11-08 17:13:21
Rental Scam
Other Classifieds Site | Clemenz Stoger 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. ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in Australia
2013-11-07 08:58:55
Rental Scam
Other Payment Site | +1 Travel Rental Team 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.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
2013-11-05 06:47:45
Rental Scam
Gumtree | Apartment in Cape Town 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 c... ⇒ more |
| 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 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.... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Brooklyn, NY, United States
2013-11-03 20:11:49
Rental Scam
| VRBO and HomeAway scam, Boutique Rental rental@boutique-rntl.com 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... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
2013-11-03 03:46:15
Rental Scam
Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Alpa Craig's list rental scam Trying to get you to send the money to the shipping company before she 'moves in'... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Somewhere in United States
2013-11-01 05:42:37
Rental Scam
Craigslist (craiglist.com) | Privatly owned home "for rent" 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.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2013-10-30 04:03:48
Rental Scam
| Pro Luxury Holidays Looking for a condo in South Beach, Miami. Fake company, Pro Luxury Holidays, get in touch with me after a request on one of this site: HomeAway, VRBO, Flipkey or Air BnB. The reply came directly in my email from the above company. They offer me a nice con... ⇒ more |
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