Room for Rent and other rental scams
by smiles2much Sat Nov 14, 2015 5:51 pm
I found this ad on Craig's List. The ad was taken down almost immediately, which is what really got my spidey sense tingling. The address of the house is 8016 Courtleigh Dr, Orlando, FL 32835. Here is her response to my first inquiry:

I appreciate your response with your interest in renting from me, the house is still available to rent, the rent each month is $600 with security deposit of $500 and pet deposit of $80. The house is a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom with lots of appliance for your use. Its a lovely home and you will enjoy living in there with your family without any problem.

I am christy and my hubby name is
john with our son Jordan, he is disable due to a car accident some couple of month ago that make me lost my hearing and i have have fracture on my legs, am on a wheel chair as of now,i also lost my second son to the accident..My husband is currently working in London now as a technician, so am now with my mom and family in new jersey USA for more care and treatment so that i can get back on my feet soon and my husband has instructed me to find a good tenant to take care of our home because i will be moving to London with our son and start a new life there with my husband because they have extend his contract with the company.
I have to let you know all this for you to know where we are coming from and i will be happy if you can tell me more about yourself so i can know who i want to rent our house to because that is the main reason am not going through an agent and my husband is against that too so anyone we choose to rent from us will take good care of our house .

i will be waiting to hear from you on how you could take care of our house or perhaps the experience you have in renting home.


She didn't answer any of my questions about cost of upkeep and how she would take care of things from another continent. Here is her reply to those questions:

Hello, thanks for your interest in renting my house and also for your email. Like i told you earlier in my email that am currently here for treatment, so i want you to go and check out exterior part of the house, look inside through the window. Disregard any rental sign you see around the house, am no more employing the service of the rental agent because of their act of greed. Am not sure if the sign has been removed yet or not. So kindly get back to me after you have seen the house & if you're still interested so that i can forward you the Rental application form and also proceed with the renting process

Await your reply
Thanks


When I insisted on taking a look inside (surely you gave a friend your keys), I never heard back from her.
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by isisdave Wed Dec 02, 2015 6:43 pm
Same thing today, in Murrieta CA. The email was [email protected]

I appreciate your response with your interest in renting from me, the house is still available to rent, the rent each month is $800 with security deposit of $600 and pet deposit of $80. The house is a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom with lots of appliance for your use. Its a lovely home and you will enjoy living in there with your family without any problem.

I am Brenda and my hubby name is
john with our son Jordan, he is disable due to a car accident some couple of month ago that make me lost my hearing and i have have fracture on my legs, am on a wheel chair as of now,i also lost my second son to the accident..My husband is currently working in London now as a technician, so am now with my mom and family in Florida USA for more care and treatment so that i can get back on my feet soon and my husband has instructed me to find a good tenant to take care of our home because i will be moving to London with our son and start a new life there with my husband because they have extend his contract with the company.
I have to let you know all this for you to know where we are coming from and i will be happy if you can tell me more about yourself so i can know who i want to rent our house to because that is the main reason am not going through an agent and my husband is against that too so anyone we choose to rent from us will take good care of our house .

i will be waiting to hear from you on how you could take care of our house or perhaps the experience you have in renting home.

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