Apartment Rentals in New York City – what you need to know.
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The pair posted online ads and then asked responders to provide personal information, including Social Security numbers. The women then used this information to file more than 250 phony tax returns, obtain bank loans, and credit cards in the victims’ names.
The City’s Worst Landlords – And Their Terrible Buildings
The real estate agent/broker is disappointed that he won’t get to keep his commission. So he’s telling the renters that they will have to forfeit it to the ‘landlord’. Ha! The landlord isn’t going to keep that commission and he knows it.
I filled out the online form and an agent wrote me back almost instantly. Yes, the apartment was available. Just prepay and it’s yours. Sorry, no credit cards. No PayPal, either. I should wire money, including a security deposit, to the owner’s British bank account
Excerpted from \”Shady Landlord Schemes And How To Fight Back\” by Christopher Steiner and Maureen Farrell, in Forbes.com Two winters ago Astoria, N.Y., resident Rachel Colley was freezing in her own apartment. Looking to squeeze a few pennies, her landlord refused to crank up the heat. Colley, a senior account executive at JS2 Communications in New York, called the city…
\”He said, \’You were stupid to give me the money.\’ He ripped me off,\” said Perez, who has to be out of her current apartment by the end of the month and has no idea where she\’ll get the money for another deposit.
Well, it\’s gone so far that even the New York Post has an article on it. The Camelot, a luxury building on West 45th St is being used by a fake company called \”Ryan & Dalia Rental\” in a Craigslist scam
How about you just tell people what an apartment costs before making them take an hour out of their day to see it? I have had enough of your move-in fees and move-out fees and application fees and background fees and you-might-be-considering-a-pet fees and third-Tuesday-afternoon-of-the-month fees.
More freaky people on Craigslist with rooms for rent looking for you to move into their freaky habitats.
Landlord scams can be avoided by never handing over cash or making a wire transfer to a stranger. If you must make an immediate payment, do it by check.
Craigslist scam. Man posting an apartment for rent on apartments he claimed to own, but didn\’t.
BEWARE OF SCAM On Apt. Rentals! Date: 2009-12-21, 8:56AM EST Reply to: hous-gujv6-1519402854@craigslist.org Some crooks just tried scamming me. They promised the most gorgeous apartment in Manhattan but refused to show the place to my friend unless I wired them some money. Almost fell for it as the ad was so promising, the place was gorgeous, free pick up when…