Rental Property Investor · Denton, TX · Member since 2017 · 23 posts · 7 votes
I was made aware today that someone has listed one of our new purchases for rent on apartments.com and is asking for low rent but higher deposit.
I inquired to see and got a sob story about sick parents and that they don’t want to sell there home so they decided to rent it. (I own the home and met with previous owners)
Anyways looks like they are trying to scam people out of a deposit and first months rent.
Can I report them somewhere before I give them a call? I have already flagged it with apartments.com and they said it can’t from sparks rentals
Real Estate Broker · Salt Lake City & Oklahoma City · Member since 2018 · 3k+ posts · 2k+ votes
5y
Hey @Andrey Gorokhovskiy, this is a bummer and is becoming an all-too-common scam. The same thing has happened with several listings I've had recently.
I think that the most relevant person to notify would be the police, at least the cyber crimes part of the police department. I generally assume that there is someone more appropriate, but there wouldn't be a regulating authority over the scammer other than the police, so I'd start there.
Real Estate Broker · Salt Lake City & Oklahoma City · Member since 2018 · 3k+ posts · 2k+ votes
5y
Hey @Andrey Gorokhovskiy, this is a bummer and is becoming an all-too-common scam. The same thing has happened with several listings I've had recently.
I think that the most relevant person to notify would be the police, at least the cyber crimes part of the police department. I generally assume that there is someone more appropriate, but there wouldn't be a regulating authority over the scammer other than the police, so I'd start there.
Are you planning on renting it or living there? Post an ad simply stating that the other ad is a scam and that you own the house. If you plan on renting it, put a note in the ad that scammers have posted another ad and they can look at the house, but under no circumstances should they ever send money until after they viewed the property with the owner.
Investor · West Chester , PA · Member since 2011 · 620 posts · 138 votes
5y
It happened with me and it was CL contacted him he never responded and deleted the Ad surprisingly he was put an Ad as REA. He was my old listing pics for Ad