http://www.rent-direct.com
28 Feb

Ay, yay, yay… More Craigslist Apartment Scams…

Please folks, don\’t let this be you…

A fellow Canadian was coming to LA for roughly the same period of time, so we jointly bragged that we found a total steal in paying $800 for what looked like a fabulous West Hollywood pad, complete with a pool, a fitness center and the pleasure of a lot of stuff actually being within walking distance.  But shortly after our cab dropped us off in front of our alleged apartment building, this quickly and horribly turned out not to be the case.  That’s right, we had become the victims of a craigslist scam, which turned our LA arrival into a nightmarish mix of lugging our bags back and forth through the city.

\"\"To quickly set up how the situation came to be: Two weeks ago, I went ape shit on craigslist ads for short term sublets.  The best response I got was from a woman named “Carla Marie.”  After about 20 e-mails back and forth, me & “Carla” had agreed that I was the perfect tenant because I was in New York and could come and meet her to sign a sublet agreement, go over the details and pay her – in cash.  For those of you thinking I’m a total idiot for not suspecting anything, let me just make note, “Carla” gave me a bunch of references to e-mail (which, yes, she could have and obviously did just make up), even adding in little tidbits about a new TV

Please read the original post to see the level of intricate details that this scammer used.

And this is the perfect time and place for a shameless plug; use RDNY.com to find your apartment! The \”Free\” sites don\’t work for you. They work for the brokers who buy their listing space.

Share Our Posts

Share this post through social bookmarks.

  • Delicious
  • Digg
  • Newsvine
  • RSS
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

Comments

Tell us what do you think.

There are no comments on this entry.

Trackbacks

Websites mentioned my entry.

There are no trackbacks on this entry

Add a Comment

Fill in the form and submit.

Sidebar

Categories

Archives

Search

Rss Feed Tweeter button Facebook button Technorati button Delicious button Digg button Stumbleupon button Newsvine button