Room for Rent and other rental scams
by ethnic30 Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:08 pm
I responded to a rental scam on craigslist, one of those I am a missionary in Nigerian ads , requesting me to send security deposit to get keys. He did not text me that part until after i sent the following info:

PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF
1)Your Full Name________________________
2)Current Address_______________________ ______
3)Phone Number (________)
4)State________________
5)City__________________
6) Zip______________
7)Are you married______________________
8)Do you have Kids__________
9)Do you have a pet______________
10)Do you have a car______________________
11)Occupation______________
12)How many people will be living in the house___________
13)Reasons for Leaving present home_________________
14)How long lease are you looking for______________
15)How soon do you intend moving in________________
16)Date of Birth________________
17)Numbers of Cars________________
18)A picture of occupant________________
19)How soon you make the payment________________
20)How soon do you want to recieve the keys/documents________________

I filled out the information and sent a photo of my family and once they texted me the info about the security deposit i knew i was dealing with a scam, should i be concerned about the little information that i gave, i mean they cant do much with that can they
Last edited by Con Warner on Sat Jun 08, 2013 3:22 am, edited 1 time in total. Reason: Disabled smilies
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by Dotti Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:23 pm
No reason to worry. You haven't given them much more information than the information millions of people post openly on sites like facebook and twitter.

You may see an increase in scam attempts and spam emails, and it is possible that a scammer will reuse your information. It's not ideal, but it's typically very easy to show you are not involved, so it can't do any real harm.

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by Con Warner Sat Jun 08, 2013 3:26 am
Hi, ethnic30. :)
As said above, it's not a worry.
Could you please tell us the name and email address that the scammer used. This will help to save others who might do a little research on their potential "landlord".
Thanks.

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