This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. I have been reminded lately, that we live in a world full of crooks and thieves.
I think we tend to forget that sometimes living in a place like Iowa, but there are plenty of people around whose lone goal is to separate you from your money. The latest scam I have seen personally involves Craigslist and people who are trying to sell their homes. A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from a client in Clive.
There was a man walking around outside her home looking at it. He then looked at a piece of paper and finally walked to my for sale sign and called me after seeing my number.
This is what he said. It says it is for rent on Craigslist. After a little research, I found out that someone in the world had basically copied my listing info on the house, pictures included, and had run their own rental add for the same house. The scam works like this. They try to bait people through great photos, or low rental prices.
The goal is simply to get you to wire them money in the form of a deposit. People do fall for this because they smell a good deal and want to capitalize on it.
