I also recently responded to a home for lease add I found on Zillow.com in San Diego. I am currently waiting to get a reply back to an response I sent to this guy this morning. Something in my gut told me something was not right so I Googled his name, Mark H Packer. Nothing came up. I then searched for the type of work he said he did and I found this site. The email I got was exactly the same as Nathan had posted. The only changes were the address of the property, his name, and the names of his wife and daughter. Karma will certainly be catching up to this guy! Thank you so much for posting this scam!
Something did not sit right with me about this home, so I proceeded to do more research and got him to send me the information for his wife. He must have changed his name, because when I googled his name "James Bilal" nothing came up, but when I googled his wife's name I found the scam stuff. Same thing, but in 304 Dana Renee Drive, Rolla MO 65401. Exact same emails that everyone else has been receiving.