Craigslist scam

[greensd]

I’ve finally reached the breaking point with my current apartment (drunken psycho neighbors, no heat, leaky roof, etc), and in my search for a new place I’m noticing a new scam on Craigslist… lots of postings for very attractive sounding properties at not quite too-good-to-be-true rents, but with no specific street addresses and an unlisted cell-phone number as the only contact. I’ve called a few of them, out of curiosity, but I’ve either gotten a busy signal or no answer. Anyone know what the scam is exactly?

Also, I wonder how much this is distorting estimates for going rents. Easily 10% of the listings in neighborhoods like North Park and South Park are these scam ads with unrealistically low rents.

Oh, and… anybody know of a good two bedroom place available in central SD, west of 805, around $1500/mo? Just thought I’d ask…

[nostradamus]

Maybe it’s sdrealtor posting those, testing out his hypothesisessesss as he mentioned here

[nostradamus]

Maybe it’s sdrealtor posting those, testing out his hypothesisessesss as he mentioned here

[nostradamus]

Maybe it’s sdrealtor posting those, testing out his hypothesisessesss as he mentioned here

[nostradamus]

Maybe it’s sdrealtor posting those, testing out his hypothesisessesss as he mentioned here

[nostradamus]

Maybe it’s sdrealtor posting those, testing out his hypothesisessesss as he mentioned here

[PCinSD]

A friend of mine has his eye on a bank owned property in Spring Valley. He was thinking about making a low-ball offer – but first wanted to see what it could rent for. He ran a fake rental ad on craigslist for “x” amount of rent. Got flooded with responses. Now he knows. I think another poster on this site recently mentioned doing a similar tactic. That’s the down-side of using a web-site that allows anyone to post for free.

pabloesqobar

[PCinSD]

A friend of mine has his eye on a bank owned property in Spring Valley. He was thinking about making a low-ball offer – but first wanted to see what it could rent for. He ran a fake rental ad on craigslist for “x” amount of rent. Got flooded with responses. Now he knows. I think another poster on this site recently mentioned doing a similar tactic. That’s the down-side of using a web-site that allows anyone to post for free.

pabloesqobar

[PCinSD]

A friend of mine has his eye on a bank owned property in Spring Valley. He was thinking about making a low-ball offer – but first wanted to see what it could rent for. He ran a fake rental ad on craigslist for “x” amount of rent. Got flooded with responses. Now he knows. I think another poster on this site recently mentioned doing a similar tactic. That’s the down-side of using a web-site that allows anyone to post for free.

pabloesqobar

[PCinSD]

A friend of mine has his eye on a bank owned property in Spring Valley. He was thinking about making a low-ball offer – but first wanted to see what it could rent for. He ran a fake rental ad on craigslist for “x” amount of rent. Got flooded with responses. Now he knows. I think another poster on this site recently mentioned doing a similar tactic. That’s the down-side of using a web-site that allows anyone to post for free.

pabloesqobar

[PCinSD]

A friend of mine has his eye on a bank owned property in Spring Valley. He was thinking about making a low-ball offer – but first wanted to see what it could rent for. He ran a fake rental ad on craigslist for “x” amount of rent. Got flooded with responses. Now he knows. I think another poster on this site recently mentioned doing a similar tactic. That’s the down-side of using a web-site that allows anyone to post for free.

pabloesqobar

[Enorah]

I know exactly what you are talking about.

I saw those ads this summer when we were looking for a rental.

One scammer claimed to have “lists” of pet approved housing that you purchased from them. Apparently the list was outdated and none of the properties were available any longer.

I know this because someone was on the war-path and kept taking out their own ads outing the scammers.

The other one was the one I think you are talking about with the crazy low ball price and one pic on each ad. I think it is the same scam where they claim to have a list that you purchase. A list of outdated listings or ones you could have found yourself on craigslist.

[Enorah]

I know exactly what you are talking about.

I saw those ads this summer when we were looking for a rental.

One scammer claimed to have “lists” of pet approved housing that you purchased from them. Apparently the list was outdated and none of the properties were available any longer.

I know this because someone was on the war-path and kept taking out their own ads outing the scammers.

The other one was the one I think you are talking about with the crazy low ball price and one pic on each ad. I think it is the same scam where they claim to have a list that you purchase. A list of outdated listings or ones you could have found yourself on craigslist.

[Enorah]

I know exactly what you are talking about.

I saw those ads this summer when we were looking for a rental.

One scammer claimed to have “lists” of pet approved housing that you purchased from them. Apparently the list was outdated and none of the properties were available any longer.

I know this because someone was on the war-path and kept taking out their own ads outing the scammers.

The other one was the one I think you are talking about with the crazy low ball price and one pic on each ad. I think it is the same scam where they claim to have a list that you purchase. A list of outdated listings or ones you could have found yourself on craigslist.

[Enorah]

I know exactly what you are talking about.

I saw those ads this summer when we were looking for a rental.

One scammer claimed to have “lists” of pet approved housing that you purchased from them. Apparently the list was outdated and none of the properties were available any longer.

I know this because someone was on the war-path and kept taking out their own ads outing the scammers.

The other one was the one I think you are talking about with the crazy low ball price and one pic on each ad. I think it is the same scam where they claim to have a list that you purchase. A list of outdated listings or ones you could have found yourself on craigslist.

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