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| Anonymous
Bad Lausick, Saxony, Germany
2013-08-19 12:31:20
Rental Scam
|  rental holiday home He rent house as an property und send a contract. The payment is to Barclays Bank in London. ... ⇒ more |
| martigna
L’Aquila, Province of L'Aquila, Italy
2013-08-14 14:09:11
Rental Scam
1 |  +3 Room rental in Italy She wanted to rent my room and asked to pay deposit via Paypal... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Waltham, MA, United States
2013-08-13 15:18:57
Rental Scam
| +1 Zillow Rental Scam - 107 benham Ave Bridgeport, CT A rental property listing (low rent!) claimed to be in Atlanta, GA building a Jehovahs Witness hall. My suspicions were raised with a few grammatical errors and reference to sending money before moving in. He also said that the home was listed twice becau... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Seattle, WA, United States
2013-08-12 19:13:36
Rental Scam
| Untitled Rental Scam , ref:11518 Same as in http://www.scamdex.com/ScamTipReports/1294 except in Rome
Here's the email he sent me. The address is a clothing store, and many of his details didn't match the Google street view of the building. Too bad, looked like a nice place.
Hello,
Th... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Bowie, MD, United States
2013-08-09 14:49:24
Rental Scam
1 |  I posted on Craigslist to rent my time share and sandypow03@gmail.com sent me an email to rent it If you read the email transmission between "sandy" and I it sounds more and more like a scam. I became skeptical and played along to see what information I could get to file this.
AS you can see all "Sandy" wanted was a money order and tracking number.
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| Anonymous
Kista, Stockholm County, Sweden
2013-08-08 12:38:38
Rental Scam
1 | After i had put an ad on the webshigt ! Blocket.se this person contactet me. This person tried to trick me into lyes an apartment to her. But I thought it was suspicious and searched the Internet for information about this person and then found this page here. SKAMDEX! And she was registered there as a scam person. Everything alrea... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Columbus, OH, United States
2013-08-07 03:31:39
Rental Scam
| Smart Rentals Inc. Scam vacation rental company based in London UK Hi Everyone,
Smart Rentals has just come to our attention as property owners. We (thankfully) have had two astute potential renters contact us first when they saw a 'too good to be true' deal on our own property in Islamorada, Florida Keys.
We have never... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Cambridge, MA, United States
2013-07-27 02:59:36
Rental Scam
| +1 bestholidayrentals@gmail.com VRBO/Homeaway http://www.vrbo.com/137445ha 205 State Road Chilmark, MA 02535 This fraud took place with respect to the rental property 205 State Rd, Chilmark, Martha Vineyard, MA, 02535. My wife contacted the property owner through the online rental agency VRBO.com. (1011 W. Fifth, Suite 300, Austin, TX, 78703.) My wife then came t... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2013-07-26 18:05:11
Rental Scam
1 | Li Shuhuan rental scam Hello,
Thanks for getting back to me,am a Chinese simple,cool none smoker
lady willing to rent/share the room and i am at sea at the moment as i
am a Coastguard Agency employee in Canada but i was Born and brought
up in Shanghai China i got transfer to w... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Campo Maior, Portalegre, Portugal
2013-07-25 18:33:44
Rental Scam
1 | Rental scam using email brdgtjef@gmail.com She sends her passport picture with other docs and she claims to be working for the Canadian Coastguard Agency.
She wants a room to rent and wants to pay through Paypal, after a few answers saying you don't have an account with Paypal you will see that it ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Bloomington, IN, United States
2013-07-23 21:06:38
Rental Scam
| Vacation rentals In a search on VRBO I got a response from this website. Very slick and well done, with good prices and terms; actually in reality, too good to be true. Required a wire transfer of the rental cost to a legitimate bank, viz, Barclay's Bank in the UK. Ter... ⇒ more |
| Vic
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2013-07-23 08:30:25
Rental Scam
1 | +1 Paul Trestovo - Gim Vecu On February 26th 2013, we sent an email to STAYZ to book a holiday house, "RIO BELLA VISTA"Queensland for 24th April 2014 to 4th May 2014. A reply email came back to say our email had been forwarded to the owners of the property mentioned and they will be ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Cheras, Selangor, Malaysia
2013-07-21 07:21:34
Rental Scam
1 | Room rental scam Asking to pay mover in China before moving in rented room.... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Puchong Batu Dua Belas, Selangor, Malaysia
2013-07-18 15:09:03
Rental Scam
1 | Scammer looking to rent a room, needs money to pay moving fees, brdgtjef@gmail.com, Tran Thi Kim Hoang This person contacted me today regarding a room I am renting out and asked me to pay some money to help move her items, claiming she is Vietnamese, born and bred in Australia, currently working in the Canadian coast guard, can't speak proper English, but n... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Bridport, Dorset, United Kingdom
2013-07-17 15:13:22
Rental Scam
| Best Holidays Rent - Scam company, will take your money and run Do not rent vacation properties from this company they are completely fake. I stupidly transferred $720 for a vacation apartment via direct bank transfer and they immediately stopped contacting me. Upon investigating the website they are passing off pictur... ⇒ more |
| ardni
Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
2013-07-17 02:31:19
Rental Scam
| suspicious tenant i am not sure what the scam is, but its quite suspicious to me, 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 yes she did giv... ⇒ more |
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| Anonymous
Braga, Braga, Portugal
2013-07-15 16:42:33
Rental Scam
1 | TRAN THI KIM HOANG I have a house to rent in Lisbon, Portugal
Receive this sms with an strange email
KINGMOREOVER@GMAIL.COM
asking more fotos and information.....
Seems suspicious but I send
...I receive an answer from other email.....DVDLNLL@GMAIL.COM
It all seems "dif... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
2013-07-15 13:23:28
Rental Scam
| Best Holydays rent.com They offer apartments to rent, ask you to make a bank transfer and after no more news, and impossible to join them !... ⇒ more |
| No Name
Monument, CO, United States
2013-07-15 07:21:03
Rental Scam
| <bestholidayrentals@gmail.com> intercepted emails from Vrbo and Homeaway and attempted to get funds wired directly to them Scammer
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Somehow manages to get emails from VRBO and Homeaway. Pretends to own the property. Quotes a low price and attempts to get the client to wire money and to pay in full for the ski rental up front for an additional discount for the lodging.
Clients reported ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2013-07-15 03:36:33
Rental Scam
| Best Smart Rentals These scammers have spent a lot of time and effort to make their website look legitimate. They claim to have rental properties available in various locations throughout the world. They do not...don't fall for it!!! Email correspondence is very good prior... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Nordeste, Azores, Portugal
2013-07-12 01:47:12
Rental Scam
1 | Untitled Rental Scam on 1, ref:10904 House to rent
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| Anonymous
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2013-07-10 10:42:45
Rental Scam
1 | Rental scam using email address brdgtjef@gmail.com and name Kim Thi Tran. Tran (or Kim), contacted us via SMS (from mobile number 0428 465 117) responding to our ad for a room to rent. She then emailed requesting our paypal details so she could pay the deposit on the room.
Sounded suspicious as she was supposed to be in the coa... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Szolnok, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary
2013-07-09 22:57:39
Rental Scam
1 | +1 Rent and moving costs, Paypal transfer never arrived A hidden number texted me with an email address included (kingmoreover@gmail.com) about the room I rent, I answered it from my email account, and a girl got back to me, included the copy of her passport and other details, said that she takes it, when she a... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
McDonough, GA, United States
2013-07-09 01:54:19
Rental Scam
1 | Untitled Rental Scam on 1, ref:10838 ... ⇒ more |
| Anonymous
Kingshill, Saint Croix Island, U.S. Virgin Islands
2013-07-05 21:12:44
Rental Scam
1 | Best Holiday Rentals I was looking for a rental apartment in NYC, this firm came up on Homeaway.com and sent me an email with details of the property complete with pictures. Offered me a comparable rental rate with the 20% discount and asked me to wire the money within 10 day... ⇒ more |
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