Rental Scam TipOff Reports| Scam Reporter | Scam Tips Received | |
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  | Sam Logan, UT, United States 2014-01-15 04:23:27 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site |  RENTAL SCAM Scammer Information Trying to get Deposit before even seeing the house.
Very eager to accept applications.
Heavy accent, poor English.
Sent pictures of older white couple.
Realtor sign on property trying to rent.(asks to not contact)
Trying to convince you he is very religious. (Man of god)
Tried to convince me it was not a scam.
Told him we were the police and tracking the number. He immediately hung up, and stopped contact.
DO NOT SEND THEM MONEY. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Cebu City, Province of Cebu, Philippines 2014-01-14 13:50:06 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) |   Looking for rent, then she will send payment using a make believe email confirmation from paypal including an amount of shipping Scammer Information www.mynemail.google.com… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Hawarden, Flintshire, United Kingdom 2014-01-10 20:53:04 Rental Scam Gumtree |  Room scam Scammer Information … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2014-01-08 23:52:12 Rental Scam | +2 Harry Smith hrysmith26@gmail.com property scam Scammer Information hrysmith26@gmail.com posted a reply to a classified ad for a property rental:
Hello, I am interested in renting your property .Please get back to me as soon as possible via email. Thank you
I advertised using a gmail account as the contact address. Gmail message popped up noting this may be a phishing scam and after running a quick search on Google, I came across this and other sites relating to this character.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2014-01-07 06:57:15 Rental Scam Kijiji.com | +3 Agustino Beppe Scammer Information I had a room for rent and this guy from overseas contacted me. He offered to pay 6 months rent. I could not call him due to the nature of his work, he was a ship engineer. He then told me he would send extra money to cover for the cost of shipping his "things", through Western Union and that Paypal would contact me to validate that he is indeed a safe customer.
Here's the first e-mail:
My name is Beppe. I am 35yo man I just got a job placement in Canada.I am looking for ac… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Newport News, VA, United States 2014-01-06 05:09:15 Rental Scam | Untitled Rental Scam , ref:15345 Scammer Information email sent to say mrs. jenny bishop left money for humanitarian work and my personal use.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa 2014-01-03 10:30:33 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site | vacation club timeshare rentals from easy holiddays Scammer Information We bought a timeshare rental holiday at for vacation club sun city. He send us the legit holiday owners for where our name should have been filled in. We paid him the money and he would have send the filled in forms wich never happend. He went to draw the money out of another account that showed as not in his name. Everything looked legit but it isn't. BEWARE!!!… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Don Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom 2013-12-31 13:02:44 Rental Scam | Untitled Rental Scam , ref:15248 Scammer Information After posting a room for rent advertisement on UK gumtree, the scammer targeted me. 　
Exactly same trick as described in http://www.scamdex.com/ScamTipReports/11055, with a new email address. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia 2013-12-24 17:59:11 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | Room rental in malaysia Scammer Information This is clearly an identity theft of some bad guys, with the scammer posing as an innocent Vietnamese young woman. The following are the lines the scammer has used in the email chain.
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Hello,
Is your room still available for rent? if yes kindly get back to me with the details and more pictures cos am ready to rent it as soon as possible.
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Thanks for getting back to me,am a simple,cool none smoker lady
willing to rent/share the room… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2013-12-24 11:15:41 Rental Scam Paypal (paypal.com) | rent room Scammer Information 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 she did give me her passpor and driving licenses... … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | philippe Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 2013-12-24 09:05:25 Rental Scam | Reservation Scammer Information Hello,
I need to make a reservation at your place for 3 persons going on holiday for 14 nights beginning from Sunday 9th of March till Sunday 23rd of March 2014. I will need to know your rates per / night for the 3 guests and i will need you to tabulate and let me know the total run-down cost for 14 nights period so we can arrange for payment. If you do not have availability at the time we request, Kindly let me know when you will have availability to accommodate 3 Adults.
… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | amy Nine Mile River, Nova Scotia, Canada 2013-12-22 14:51:45 Rental Scam | vacation home seeker Scammer Information this company is offering holiday rentals, none of these properties exist. Sadly we were conned on an imaginary property H71099 in NYC. If you look @ the very basic website, notice how every property is available every day. This is a terrible fraud....how do we get this website off the internet … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Lubbock, TX, United States 2013-12-17 18:01:30 Rental Scam Craigslist (craiglist.com) |  house for rent Scammer Information $1000/3br-Nestled between the tall trees of Lake Tanglewood on water front cov (124 Bay Rock Circle, Amarillo, TX) 3bd/2ba … Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Naples, Naples, Italy 2013-12-14 13:08:39 Rental Scam | Untitled Rental Scam , ref:14845 Scammer Information Suspicious rental announce of an attractive apartment in the centre of Milan.
Same description, same approach, same mail that are already signaled on this site.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Somewhere in United States 2013-12-09 17:18:40 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site | +3 Rental Listing Scam Scammer Information Lists too good to be true rental property that they really don't own. They say they'll send documents and keys after receiving the deposit and first month's rent. First clue was him saying there is a sign on the property for the realtor they used to go through, but do not any more, and not to contact them.
Once putting you through an informal application process, they ask for you to wire money - his explanation for why it wasn't his name on the MoneyGram was that it was … Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Singapore, , Singapore 2013-12-09 10:53:45 Rental Scam | Untitled Rental Scam , ref:14638 Scammer Information
Xxxxx common room
This is what I advertised on craigslist and gumtree Singapore.
She responded to rent my room. Ask for pics if my room which I sent!!
She asked to pay me ASAP by PayPal and link me to a fake website. I told her I don't have PayPal. She must pay into my local bank which she emailed instantly that she can do it and ask for my account number, swift code etc. I asked when she's arriving, tenure of lease, university admission letter and passport extension as her… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | No Name Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom 2013-12-08 15:45:03 Rental Scam Gumtree | RENTAL TEXT SCAM Scammer Information Sent from: Kim
I am ready to pay for ur gumtree room pls kindly send me the address and price to my email(sjjoes@gmail.com) please i prefer email no text.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Manuela Cirfera Aquino, Provincia di Frosinone, Italy 2013-12-06 19:03:29 Rental Scam | he contacted me answering an ad that I had posted Scammer Information luckily I have not been cheated, the email that he sent me did not convince me so I searched the internet and I found this site… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Excelsior, MN, United States 2013-12-06 14:22:53 Rental Scam Yahoo | yourholidaysrentals.com Scammer Information I was offered a rental agreement for an apartment in NYC ,H71099. I was asked to wire funds to confirm reservation. When I didn't get an answer I decided to cancel but was not able to get a response. I tried to go to website again and realized it was a scam. I became suspicious after I had wired the money to a Barclay Bank acct in UK.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
  | Anonymous Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden 2013-12-05 20:39:09 Rental Scam | Western Union pre-payment to self scam Scammer Information http://www.area-re.it/blog/curiosita/affitti-troppo-bassi-la-truffa-e-sul-web/ (use google translate to get the gist of it)… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Somewhere in Australia 2013-12-05 04:46:58 Rental Scam | Untitled Rental Scam , ref:14504 Scammer Information Linked to Homeaway.com.au site acting as an owner offering accomodation for holiday apartments.
Website is fake, address is fake, phone and fax on constant hold. I received 3 quotes from homeaway site and somehow this one was sent to my email address as well and I thought I was just communicating with an owner via homeaway.com. yourholidaysrentals sent forms to fill in, gave Barclay Bank Account details for transfer. Did as asked transferred money and then Nothing.
Barclay… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 2013-11-28 07:35:27 Rental Scam | Travel Rental Team Scammer Information Holiday houses in popular areas, often too cheap for what they are. Offer 20% discounts and free services, ask for money to be wired into account, only communicate through email and phone apparently calls a English company. Emails under name of Dianne B Kelly.… Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Louis Scheepers Surrey, British Columbia, Canada 2013-11-28 06:26:39 Rental Scam | Untitled Rental Scam , ref:14321 Scammer Information Offered a rental property in New York at a very good price with "special offers" of discounts, airport pick-ups, no cleaning fee, no damage deposits - but when asked for an address for the rental property, nothing! when asked for a contact phone number - nothing! Payment is by wire transfer to a bank in the UK. I would suggest great caution in dealing with this company. … Read Full Report ⇒ |
| Anonymous Valeggio sul Mincio, Provincia di Verona, Italy 2013-11-26 22:41:29 Rental Scam | FRAUD on PROLUXURYHOLIDAYS.COM Scammer Information booked and paid by wire transfer an home in Miami with this organisation PROLUXURYHOLIDAYS now the site is not available anymore but they are live again with an identical site http://www.yourholidaysrentals.com/ THIS MUST BE BLOCKED IMMEDIATELY !!!!
they have sent me a false contract with bank details in UK at Receiver: Pro Luxury Holidays
Receiver address: Flat 6 Azure 463 High Road, Harrow, HA3 6ED, United Kingdom
Sort Code: 209179
Account #: 03043975
SWIFT/BIC: BARCGB22
I… Read Full Report ⇒ |
 | Anonymous Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina 2013-11-26 13:42:57 Rental Scam Other Classifieds Site | fake house rental Scammer Information Hi we made him a transfer for the rental andhe us not giving us the data of the property that we rented.. he is saying that the contract is off and that I have to give him my credit card number in order to get my money back... I'm from Argentina and I don't know what to do... is there anything that I can do ?… Read Full Report ⇒ |