same thing going on in dallas, tx. on 6Jan, 2012
offer seemed flakey so we checked.
link to ad: http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/apa/3525701886.html
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text of mail reply
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On Sunday, January 6, 2013, Stanley Newberry wrote:
Hi Apt.
Not trying to waste your time and mine, but I have three stipulations for anyone interested in renting from me:
1. NO criminal background history
2. NO bad rental history - meaning you broke the lease and stopped paying. (missing payments is alright, thats why there are late fee's, etc.)
3. Leave things in as good or in better condition than when you moved in.
Now, as stated in the ad, I will need you to go to this link: http://creditapplicationform.info/creditcheck.php and fill out the credit report. If your rental history checks out ok, then I will give you the address and lockbox combination so you can checkout the place.
So I got the same "standard" message. I returned his message with the following...LOL
Hi,
You did waste my time!
1. You gave me a fake website that my company intercepted.
2. Your phone number belongs to "Joe" who leaves some "general message" about "the apartment", when I inquired on a townhome.
3. I googled your name and phone number, in which you came up on all kinds of websites as a scam artist.
TIME TO FIND A JOB INSTEAD OF STEALING PEOPLE'S INFORMATION!!!!
This same thing happened to me in Houston, I am afraid that the link provided in the email, although takes you a legit credit report website, is able to be intercepted thus giving "Stan Newberry" all the information needed. Thoughts on this?
The same exact thing just happened to me and I have the same exact concern. Do you have any answers from anyone yet? Who can we trust to report this to? The police?