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Anyone rent to travelling salesman. Scam?
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Had a call last Friday. A lady affiliated with DirecTV wanted to rent a house for herself and 8 other salesman for 2 weeks. They were going to do door-to-door sales in this area. She wanted to pay with a credit card on Friday, and start renting the place Monday. I told her to pay when you get here. Monday came and they never showed up. Didn't respond to a text message either. Now it's Tuesday and still no contact from them. I called DirecTV, and they said any door-to-door sales would be a 3rd party.
So I think it was some sort of scam. I think she wanted to make a payment, but would want a refund a day or two later. Something tells me I would have been out the money.
What do you think?
She had reserved a 3 story house with 8 beds and 4 baths for $1200/week for 9 people. I don't think she could have found a better deal anywhere else in this county.