Ditto listing in Boston! The funny thing is I'm moving from Florida and nobody at my work knows it and a guy I work with just showed me the same post for a place he was looking at locally. Guess I better start the search again...
Same happened- saw a craigslist post that looked too good to be true ($975 for a 3 bedroom in West LA is ridiculous) but wanted to see if they were actually serious. Asked a simple question (not even about seeing the apt) but rather about the move in time frame. Got this response:
Hi Jessica.
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/credit_report.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.
Thanks,
Stan Newberry
Office: 206-984-8411
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Nothing in the ad stated anything about going to a credit application thing.
Same thing here....daughter found this ad for house rental in Beaumont, Texas that was cheap!! Luckily she forwarded the email (same as those listed above) for me to complete credit application. I kept wondering why it was sending me to a Credit Reporting Company so decided to wait and do it today....That site has since been deleted so red flag went up. I googled Scott Dickenson of Newland Realty and found this site..... I called the number and too got a message from "Joe".
Gonna tell my daughter to notify police.....such a shame people prey on others this way....Just get a real job!!!
Got the same deal from a listing in Indianapolis. Went into the website, and checked it's validity, which came up okay. Just worried that he got my information. Sheesh