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<blockquote data-quote="loopkiller" data-source="post: 5489204" data-attributes="member: 601690">Here is what I see happened. The house is probably on the market. For sale or for rent doesn&#039;t matter. This guy probably gets someone to show him the house. During the walkthrough, or possibly even before, he finds out that the house is owned by someone out of town. It is vacant. While he is there, he unlocks a door as he is passing through. He leaves for a while and comes back to make sure the door is unlocked. When he knows it is unlocked, he posts an ad on Craig&#039;s and gets as many people to stop by as possible. He will never meet them at the house, he just sends them and tells them the house is open, just stop by. Then when you like it, he tells you to meet him somewhere public to complete the scam. He bought the rental apps at Office Depot along with the receipt book. His total cost in this whole scam including the throw away phone is probably $100. If he scammed 8 people out of $400 then his haul for this scam is $3100. Not bad for a few days &quot;work&quot;. Almost for certain he has moved on to the next town to run a similar scam again.Mike I am sorry you had to learn this lesson the hard way. I am sure that you will not fall for a similar scam again. We all have these types of experiences in life at one point or another. The bad news is that as you grow older and wealthier, they seem to get more expensive. While this set you back $400, remember the people who were robbed by Madoff. They are out billions. It happens to everyone. Do not feel ashamed. Good luck in finding a real house.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="loopkiller, post: 5489204, member: 601690"] Here is what I see happened. The house is probably on the market. For sale or for rent doesn't matter. This guy probably gets someone to show him the house. During the walkthrough, or possibly even before, he finds out that the house is owned by someone out of town. It is vacant. While he is there, he unlocks a door as he is passing through. He leaves for a while and comes back to make sure the door is unlocked. When he knows it is unlocked, he posts an ad on Craig's and gets as many people to stop by as possible. He will never meet them at the house, he just sends them and tells them the house is open, just stop by. Then when you like it, he tells you to meet him somewhere public to complete the scam. He bought the rental apps at Office Depot along with the receipt book. His total cost in this whole scam including the throw away phone is probably $100. If he scammed 8 people out of $400 then his haul for this scam is $3100. Not bad for a few days "work". Almost for certain he has moved on to the next town to run a similar scam again. Mike I am sorry you had to learn this lesson the hard way. I am sure that you will not fall for a similar scam again. We all have these types of experiences in life at one point or another. The bad news is that as you grow older and wealthier, they seem to get more expensive. While this set you back $400, remember the people who were robbed by Madoff. They are out billions. It happens to everyone. Do not feel ashamed. Good luck in finding a real house. [/QUOTE]

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