1/5/2023 0 Comments Craigslist chicago![]() Oh…and the rent is so cheap because what they are really looking for is someone to take care of the property while they are out of the country. When the scammer is asked why the property is for sale they claim that their realtor has been unable to sell it, they are no longer working with their realtor, and they have decided to rent it out instead. Some victims have driven by and see the For Sale sign, which raises their suspicion. Eventually they ask for money, which I assume is their real goal. The most personal information they ask for is name, address, email address, phone number, birth date, and automobile information. It has a fair housing statement and other statements to the effect that nobody else will be living in the home and that all occupants will be jointly liable for the rent. ![]() The scammer eventually sends the victim an application that looks kind of official. ![]() The scammer signs their emails with the name of the former tenant of the home, which maybe they got off the mailbox? If true that would suggest that the scammer is local or at least working with someone local. Interested parties contact the scammer at never talk to them on the phone, and never actually get to see the property because the “landlord” is in Africa on a mission for Serving In Mission. The scam artist(s) are using our photos and a portion of our property description in their ads. Then I received several calls on a home that we have recently put under contract but is nevertheless being advertised for rent on Craigslist for a mere fraction of the market rate. He had sent the person money and was days away from moving her into the unit but the “landlord” was no longer responding. ![]() The first call came from an unfortunate victim who responded to a Craigslist ad for a rental in University Commons that he needed for his daughter for the summer. But since then several people have called me with questions about a peculiar landlord that is offering a too-good-to-be-true rental. In 9 years in the real estate business in Chicago I’ve never gotten a single call about one of these scams – until a few weeks ago. There seems to be an upsurge in Craigslist rental scams in Chicago over the last few weeks or maybe it’s just that they’ve recently started to suck me into them (suck, not suckered) for the first time. ![]()
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