I was very suspicious of the Craigslist rental listing, but decided to reply anyway. I got a response e-mail in which it was quite obvious that English was the writer's second language, a major red flag. However, the listed address was correct and a Google title search displayed the e-mail's author as the property owner. Of course, this information is readily available to anyone. I'm 99% sure this is a scam, but as I'm fairly close I'm going to drive by the listing's address anyway to see if anyone's living there.
Whoever is using this is coming up with a really good scam for a rental house. Offering a great price and claiming all of the real owners information (identity theft). I honestly believed everything until I looked up the number and found these other posts.
Replied to an add for rental home with owner living in Malaysia and all sounds very suspicious as others have stated. Want incredibly low rent in trust for immacualate care of home but he cannot show the inside of the property! Phone number is giving this away as a scam apparently. Would like to know what has happened to others here.