Craigslist Vacation Rental Scam !!!
Ad would look like : $50 / 2br - Apt of Reliaxation Vacation Rental (San Diego)/ (Chicago), etc
Names used: john thomas, Briliant Sparman [
[email protected]],
[email protected]
They put up pretty pictures of an apartment on Craigslist & price it cheap at $50 or so. You transfer the money to them & they also send an agreement form.
Got looted $300 on a vacation rental. We were stranded at San Diego outside the rental vacation address which was locked out & belonged to someone else. I had to sleep in my car with my wife as it was a long weekend with all hotels sold out.
This person has an African (not Afro-american) english accent and called me from a Blocked number.
Next day morning he added me on Yahoo messenger and asked for more money through Western Union. He said he would give me the apartment key if I transferred another $300 to him to a person in Texas.
If you call this number it goes to a fax machine message.