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  • Exposed rental scams: fake apartment listings, room-for-rent fraud, and vacation rental cons using stolen photos of real properties. 16,974+ cases documented.
Exposed rental scams: fake apartment listings, room-for-rent fraud, and vacation rental cons using stolen photos of real properties. 16,974+ cases documented.
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  by kyuroal
 
My husband and I have been looking for a place to live in South beach Florida.

We ran into this post on craigs list about a a nice apartment on the beach.

We finally found out it was a scam thanks to this website before we sent money to them.

this is how the replied email looked like.



Hello Brenda,

Thank you for replying to my listing for this great apartment located in South Beach. The mentioned apartment is a one bedroom apartment and it's fully furnished as it can be your second home. Everything you need for your stay is in the apartment including new towels all you need to bring is your personal belongings.

The total rent for 6 months: 6 x $1300 = $7800. To reserve this home, you will have to pay an up-front payment of the first month rent which is $1300 plus a refundable security damage deposit of $200 and a cleaning and tax fee which is altogether $1500.

Property Address: 2301 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach FL 33139

Property Location: South Beach Area

Property Accommodations: Home 1 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom, Sleeps 5

Reservation Request Information:
Arrival Date: >>>
Departure Date: >>>

I look forward to hearing from you and reserving your stay. For more information on the property and the area you can contact me.


Andrea Conti | Real Estate Sales Person
Leasing & Sales | vROOM REALTY, LLC.
2301 Collins Avenue| Miami Beach FL 33139
T (305) 414-1280 | C 917.382.6777

_______________________________________________________

We Even set up an appointment to meet with them but we got lucky and had to reschedule.

They ask for a western union wire transfer to "reserve the apartment"

The phone #s arent legit.

Please be aware of these kinds of scams!

I am just shocked at how all this worked out, and there really are people out there doing this !

We decided to ignore after we realize it was a scam. I am glad we didnt make any type of payments and i feel horrible for people that did.

if you have any questions you can contact me anytime. I will be happy to help.
  by Bubbles
 
Welcome to ScamWarners kyuroal. Please post up the email address you received messages from. Also if there is a web site, please post that up too so we can check it out and possibly close it down.

It is great you were not scammed of any money.
  by Con Warner
 
From: Miami Apartment - [email protected]
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 11:11
To: Con Warner
Subject: Apartment Details And Cost

Hello,

Thank you for replying to my listing for this great apartment located in South Beach . The mentioned apartment is a one bedroom apartment and it's fully furnished as it can be your second home. Everything you need for your stay is in the apartment including new towels all you need to bring is your personal belongings.

The total rent for 3 months: 3 x $1300 = $3900. To reserve this home, you will have to pay an up-front payment of the first month rent which is $1300 plus a refundable security damage deposit of $200 and a cleaning and tax fee which is altogether $1500.

Property Address: 2301 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach FL 33139

Property Location: South Beach Area

Property Accommodations: Home 1 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom, Sleeps 5

Reservation Request Information:
Arrival Date: >>> June 12, 2012
Departure Date: >>> September 8, 2012

I look forward to hearing from you and reserving your stay. For more information on the property and the area you can contact me.


Andrea Conti | Real Estate Sales Person
Leasing & Sales | vROOM REALTY, LLC.
2301 Collins Avenue| Miami Beach FL 33139
T (305) 414-1280 | C 917.382.6777
  by Con Warner
 
???
...you will also email me the receipt of payment for the Western Union:

Accountant Name: Karla Hernandez
Accountant Addres 6048 McKee Rd, Fitchburg WI 53719

Please do forward me the payment confirmation as soon as you send the money also scan the receipt and send it to me for reference purpose...