What a scam! Trying to rent a lakefront property in Weatherford, Texas. Sniffed out this scam pretty quickly when they wouldnt send any form of documentation (power of attorney) showing that they had right to rent the property. Went to the property and by stroke of luck, spoke with the brother of the owner. He was there doing some maintenance. He pretty much capped it all off when he gave us the name of his nephew who would be handling any transactions, and it didn't match the caller.
Caller texted and called from 214-716-7463. Spoke in broken English.
Scam as hell! They promise keys for deposit, once you send it ... you loose it. They are Thiefs! Here are the numbers: 214-771-8367 , 214-716-7694 and they message you from: 214-247-6973. Address they want you to send money is: Maseko Siyabonga, 9315 Garland Rd, Dallas, TX, 75218. They also threat you w messages like: I am gonna kill you and FBI if you send them. They needs to be prosecuted.
I had concerns about this listing from the beginning. I drove by the house and it appeared to me that someone was living there too. When I asked he replied with " no the house comes furnished and electricity, heat are included in rent." (I said to myself.... WHAT?! What's wrong with this picture?) When I asked to see inside he told me he'd (get ready for this one) MAIL me the key to the house!!! The final straw for me was when he asked me to WESTERN UNION him the deposit. Oh Hell nooo, I thought. OH! And the Amt was different to move in between me and my friend. Yea. I'm pretty much believing that this is a SCAM too. Thank you for posting what you did to confirm my thoughts.
Too many Red Flags!!! Automated text replies that aren't even all in English. What I mean is that you can tell that either English is not their first language or they are lacking education. There is no reason for me to trust this person, that I've never met, to mail me the keys while I mailed him a deposit. That made no sense to me at all.