Stupid Stupid Stupid Craigslist.

I found a really pretty house. I inquired...I get THIS email back:



Hi,
I did get your response concerning the AD I posted on craigslist. The house is still available but presently I'm not around.. I did bid for a portion of petroleum land sometimes ago in West Africa and fortunately I won the bidding so I have to move quickly down to Africa to have my company set up because I will still have to rebid for it in the next 10 years. I came over here with my wife, we both built the house when we got married. As soon as we settle down here I had a thought of selling the house so I have to look for an agent, after getting one, we got a deal but later my wife advised against that. She said we may not be able to win the bidding next time, in other to keep our head when we return that we have to keep the house. I reasoned with her and accepted her advise. So I contacted the agent back and requested for my keys and documents. Later we decided to have the house rent out, we would have give the same agent this job also but the truth of the matter is that the agent would want to handle it professionally and the occupant may not be able to reason along with him later. If you notice, you will discovered that the price we are offering is far below standard price, this is enough for you to know that we are not after the rental fee but the absolute care for the property. I know there is no way I can be sure that you are the right person to live in the house because we won't be able to see physical before sending you the keys and the documents to occupy the space. But I just had a feeling that anyone who knows what it takes to put the kind of structure down should know that maintaining a building is mandatory, so if you belief you can take good care of the house and handle it like yours then I will be more than happy to let you rent the house.
Please if you are ready now to occupy the house kindly provide the information below for record purpose
PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF
Full Name__________________________________________________ Home Phone ( ) ________________________
Date of Birth_________________________________
Other Phone ( ) ___________________
Current Address_______________________________Apt#________ City__________________ State______ Zip________
Reasons for Leaving____________________________Rent $__________Phone ( ) ____________________________
Are you married____________________________
How many people will be living in the house__________________________
Do you have a pet____________________________
Do you have a car____________________________
Occupation____________________________
Move In Date____________________________
House Address:133 Spring Leaf Ln Jacksonville, NC
Phone...+234-8028850839
011-234-8028850839
NB;YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VIEW THE INTERIOR PART OF THE PROPERTY,BECAUSE I HAVE THE KEYS AND DOCUMENTS HERE WITH WITH ME.

What a scam

It was such a nice fricken house!!! GAAH I was ALL OVER IT!


Bastards.

I want Jess's house.

HURRY UP AND GO TO OCS and put your house up for rent.

I GOT THE SAME RESPONSE FOR THE SECOND HOUSE.



Now what.

heck I'd probably give my email and tell them to contact ME. Maybe it's not a scam and it's an organization that flips and rents houses for a living?

well poo, too good to be true!

Jeannette wrote:I want Jess's house.

HURRY UP AND GO TO OCS and put your house up for rent.

Its all yours in say 6 months. Too long? Sorry doll.

Oh and I would stay the hell away from Craigslist, I don't think I have heard of an honest listing in years. Just my 2 cents.

jnavywife wrote:Oh and I would stay the hell away from Craigslist, I don't think I have heard of an honest listing in years. Just my 2 cents.

That's what I'm learning. Everyone rants about it and the last 5 times or so I've inquired about something, it's always someone from fricken Africa trying to send me 12 million dollars. Or in this case...he is with some petroleum company.

I hate Craigslist at the moment. The houses were BEAUTIFUL!

The girl I work with just got this same reply about a house in Bayview, WI LOL!!!

Wooooow...I've seen scame on craigslist, but that is one of the worse ones I've seen. Bad spelling and grammar and everything. So sad it was a scam!!

My friend and her husband almost fell for this. They got to the point where they Western Unioned the money but instead of using the pick up password the people gave them they created their own. They said when it was confirmed that there were actually keys in the package the scammers were sending then she would give them the info to pick up the money. The package was empty. They got pissed and cussed her out through email.

I'm so sorry! The three apartments I've rented through CL were beautiful, but there are so many scammers out there!

One of my favorites? My mother was helping me look on CL for a place in the neighborhood I grew up in. Apparently my parents were looking to rent out the house! They had a google maps picture and made a huge deal about the pool and jacuzzi in the back yard, and said it had 4 bedrooms. Jesus, I grew up in a 4 bedroom house!? News to me!

Be paranoid, and always meet your potential landlords with other people in tow. It's safer for you.