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F/U How to protect yourself from a rental scam - lost in space - 07-13-2020
MRF
It was a scam. I found the property on the county property search page, which led to the real owner, which led to the real ad on the owner's web site, a real estate investment company. The rent was a lot higher. Our daughter sent us copies of the application, which looked amateurish, and when our daughter pressed the scammer for documentation that she was the owner, there was no reply. Thanks, all. Lesson learned.
Re: F/U How to protect yourself from a rental scam - space-time - 07-13-2020
Homework well done!
Re: F/U How to protect yourself from a rental scam - Filliam H. Muffman - 07-13-2020
Good job! It does not always work to find the tax assessor page, but this time it did.
Re: F/U How to protect yourself from a rental scam - cbelt3 - 07-13-2020
Well done !
Re: F/U How to protect yourself from a rental scam - N-OS X-tasy! - 07-13-2020
Hopefully she reported the scammer to the owner.
Re: F/U How to protect yourself from a rental scam - Racer X - 07-13-2020
I need new glasses. It looks like retinal scan to me.
Re: F/U How to protect yourself from a rental scam - macphanatic - 07-13-2020
N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
Hopefully she reported the scammer to the owner.
Did she report it to the police?
Re: F/U How to protect yourself from a rental scam - lost in space - 07-13-2020
Daughter got in touch with Seattle police and was advised to contact FBI. Woa, baby!