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• Jul 27, 2023
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The scammer emailed me quoting scripture and calling themselves Dr. Wilson Lee. They claimed to want to rent the property at an incredibly low rate while their family lived in California. He asked for my email, address, phone number, and last four of my social. I'm desperate to move so I stupidly gave it. I called them on the scam after windermere said the property is no longer listed. I blocked them. I'm scared they will come to my apartment or open credit in my name.

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• Jul 13, 2023
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On July 12th, a handsome Black Jamaican couple came to our gate piling bags of clothes. They claimed a person named Lauryn rented them space at my location. They showed pictures of the supposed space and it was NOT MY HOUSE. I do not like this person naming our address for her scams. The female victim said her name was Lauryn and gave her number. This person must be reported.

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• Jul 08, 2023
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Approved for rental property 1616 burnstone dr Stone Mountain ga. Paid deposit and prorated rent. Landlord nor real estate agent showed at move in to do inspection. After utility activation major plumbing issues and code violations that could cause electrical Fire and Water damage were discovered. Advised agent maintenance and landlord of issues. Landlord claims someone came out to fix but I was at property everyday since move in waiting for maintenance. Maintenance came on some occasions but most appt he didn’t show.. texts confirmed he didn’t show and would come another time. Threatened with eviction if rent and late fee not paid within 4 days. All businesses, address and phone numbers were found to be bogus upon researching companies. Most were LLC in which the address were either not found or P.O. Box. Contact could only be made via email and payments via Zelle. Lease LLC, property tax LLC, and email were all of different business names.

Business names include:

HEART REAL ESTATE LLC

HEART LLC

HOMEPERSONALCARE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO.

HOMEPERSONALCARE COMPANY LLC

D&D FINISHING LLC (maintenance company used)

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- Newhall, CA, USA • Jun 24, 2023
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On Craigslist, the perpetrator listed a vacation home rental. I contacted them and they reach out to me via email and sent me vacation application and requested ID info and asked for security deposit n fee payment with bank wire of $1125 transfer for property listed at 121 E Las Animas St. Colorado Springs, CO 80903 vacation rental. Perpetrator used name of Eric M Gustafson with accomplices names of: James K. Jakela Sr, Nathan Carl Grohmann, Shawn Fulton.

email contact info: mailto:

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

With fake address:

234 N Prospect St

Colorado Springs, CO 80903

United States

Bank Info provided:

07007230263

Routing number: 043310980

Bank Name: Community Bank

Account Type: Checking Account

6/15/23

[email protected]

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- West Grove, PA, USA • Jun 20, 2023
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On Saturday, June 17, 2023 I was contacted via text by a scammer posing as a "property owner" of an apartment I had inquired about on Craigslist. During our text conversation, the person asked my age, address, and email. They also indicated that they required a credit check via a company that cost $1 to run. He emailed me a link to the website creditchecktrial.com and that email went to my spam folder, so I stopped communicating with them.

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- Valley Stream, NY, USA • Jun 16, 2023
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An individual named Kevin Parker said he could help me with a rental of one of his spaces in Florida and also mentioned he was in financial and real estate business and could assist me with honest and legit opportunity to earn.

He received $1800 usd in total from me via western union in February 2023

I was supposed to be offered the rental space (a room) by March 2023

I was supposed to get reimbursed/payout March 2023

Despite emails and text messages I have not received any reimbursement. To date he has not replied to my last message or email.

He operates between DC, Georgia and Florida

Resides in Georgia and DC

Business in Georgia and DC allegedly

Money received via western union in Florida.

PS I am in and live in Canada. I was in the USA at the time of being taken advantage of. The address section in this form would not allow me to put in the Canadian address. It would not accept the postal code and would not advance.

My email address is:

************************ ******* ************

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- Allentown, PA, USA • Jun 08, 2023
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My landlord Franco Munoz (347-353-6253) chose to terminate my lease during a complaint about poor maintenance. I had dealt with the poor maintenance for over 3 years at this point. Shortly after notifying me of this he has Yvonne C Dejesus call me to tell me she is the new property manager confirming I received my letter from the landlord about my lease not being renewed at the end of May. All on the phone she mention That she has done over 100 evictions, knows judges, and always is successful in what she needs to get done. I was taken a back from her hostile approach especially since I had shown no level of resistance to my landlords request to move at the end of my lease. I asked if I could meet her in person. She gave me an address to where I go Immediately. The door is locked (Mi Casa 1129 w. Linden St) and she comes from behind of the building, says she doesn't have a business card but proceeds to show me public records of a previous eviction I had and continues the fear mongering. Because of my complaint to the city, there is an inspector involved. Yvonne came to my home to see all of the damages and unresolved problems in the rental property and told me she wasn't going to fix anything until move out. She then puts a letter in a certified envelope in my mailbox officially stating her new role before she leaves. The inspector request that the work get doen in the property asap and if it's not done the landlord will get fined. She has since then lied about not being able to access the apartment. I received a call from my uncles girlfriend where she tells me Yvonne mentioned my case to her and mentions untruths about my personal business. I do not find Yvonne registered, certified, or licensed anywhere. There is no proof of her legitimacy. Not for her office at Mi Casa or her business name Real Estate Results. Instead of just communicating thru certified mail etc she continues to call my cell phone day and night and also is now calling my bsuiness line. I own my own business ****** ********* for several years now. I am already out of the property and the calls are still continuing. ******* **** called the office at mi casa 610-442-6765 and yvonne picks up the answering service after hours line. Says that there is no property management services available any longer at the office so her saying that she works out of that office as a property manager was a lie

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- Orange Park, FL, USA • May 18, 2023
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I found a home for rent on Facebook marketplace for $1,000 a month by a woman named Ve****** ******, after looking into the address further i found listing on multiple other legitimate websites for much more than post on marketplace, i was contacted through Facebook messenger first then through regular text messaging

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- Atlanta, GA, USA
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I contacted a “leasing agent”

about a property that I was very interested in. I was told I could make a payment to reserve my application. I made the payment then the “leasing agent” left the Facebook Marketplace chat. I tried calling, texting, & emailing. I never got any response back. I submitted very personal & sensitive information. Don’t fall for the scam. I now have secure my personal info as much as I can because I fell for the scam.

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- Jacksonville, FL, USA
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Zumper listed a home for rent that was for sale and tried scamming people to put money down.

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- Madison Heights, VA, USA
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I saw an add on Facebook Market Place for a house for rent at **** *** ****** Lynchburg, VA. 24501 listed for $450 a month with al utilities included. I reached out to the man who made the post through Facebook Messenger, John Grayson, and asked if it was still available. He told me it was and sent me an email with the application forms. I later saw the same listing on Realtor.com for $1,000.00 a month. He never explained why the price was different. I asked him if I could set up a time to see the house with an agent from Relator.com and he told me not to and thathe does not work with agents because they have screwed over his renters in the past. He couldn't take me in because he lived in New York and didn't have the keys for the house. He waned me to give him $900.00 up front for first and last months rent. When I searched public records I found someone lives at the house and when I asked John about that he stopped responding to me messages. 

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- Orlando, FL, USA
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He was advertising a house for rent. Said I needed to fill out the refundable application fee. $75 per adult for $150, plus service fee of $3. He also wanted me to send part of the security deposit, however trying several aps. I was only able to send the $150. He wanted me to try cash ap, Zelle, Apple Pay, pay pal, several different names, emails, id’s. With all the issues I told him I just wanted my application fee returned and that I was backing out. No longer interested in the property. He wanted me to try just 1 more time, fail. I asked again about refund said hold on. Asked a few hours later was told to calm. The following evening I was asked if I got refund yet. Said no. I was asked to send $50. Told him 1) I was busy with something and 2) why would I give you additional money when you are supposed to be refunding $150. We went on about this for a bit. Told him I am not sending you no more money, then he says then you get nothing. He was getting threatening in our texts. I told him I just want my refund and don’t threaten me. After being told again I need to send $50 because I allegedly didn’t pay off balance and in order to get $300 I need to send $50. I am only due $150. I paid for the application fee $75 x’s 2 $150. I asked when I am getting my refund he shows me his bank account. Over $200k. Told him I don’t care about your bank account, I just want my $150 returned to me. Since I wouldn’t send $50 more he said I get nothing at this point I blocked him . I back out with a feeling he was scamming me, all the issues in trying to send money. And this correspondence verified my suspicion he is a scammer. And he is blocked. I have screen shot of all of our texts, but I also spent a good deal of time with him on the phone as well.

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I contacted this person as a result of doing a Google search for cheap car rentals.

She said that her name was Nancy at phone number 888-285-9781, and that in order to take advantage of their discounted enterprise car rental rates, that I would need to purchase an American Express card.

She gave me a confirmation number which I found out later from Miss Destiny enterprise rent-a-car if Wilkes-Barre PA International Airport, was unrecognized and not associated with them at all.

I called enterprise to update some information on the representative who would be delivering the vehicle to me.
This is how I found out that I was scammed.

The transaction total was $200.
Cheap rental

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- Burbank, IL, USA
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Someone has posted my newly bought home on rental websites using my identity to scam people into putting a security deposit. It was listed as 855 a month and multiple people have shown up to see the home.

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I was the target of a rental scam. I responded to a craigslist rental ad. Me and "Sonica" started to text. She asked me to tell her "about myself" so I gave a brief overview. Where I messed up is that she sent me a link to check my credit score, where I then entered my social security number and card details for the $1 it costed in order to get my score. I am afraid my identity might be stolen now.

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I filled out a fake application for an apt that did not belong to this scammer. I found out later. He took my $80 for the application and asked for more to get my apt key. I later found out it wasn't his property.

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To Whom it May Concern

Reporting Scam and Fraud for $1,900

Owners Name: Rosemarie Abel 954-886-0067

Zelle Account: All Power Supply Inc 954-817-0213

Rental Property Address: 9099 NW 55th Ct Sunrise, FL 33351

Property Management (Pine Bay): Ullee Major – 954-839-2681

My wife and I were looking for a new home and found Rosemarie Abel posted a for-rent home on Craigslist, we responded to it by texting on that number 954-886-0067, and she responded yes the home is available, I ask her where the home is located, and she said it’s on commercial BLVD between pine island and nob hill, single family home with one car garage, I ask her what is the monthly payment, and she said $1900 monthly, and the move in is $3800 first and security deposit, and she said we had to do at least a six-month lease, and we ask her if we can do 2 years lease.

I ask her when we can see the home, and do you have any pictures, she said she only schedule walk thorough pre-approval application at this time, and that she can email the listing page with the photos I’m asking for. I asked her what needs to be pre-approved, and she said the HOA requires a clean background check, proof of income, and good references.

I ask her how to move forward, and she said to start the process we need clear picture IDs for the background check, proof of income, and 3 references, she said we can text or email them to her, I ask her for her email and she texts me [email protected],

we text my wife and my driver’s license to her for processing, and she said how would we like to pay for it via cash app or Zelle, I ask her how much the cost of that service was, and she said $100 per adult, and she said it goes toward the security deposit if we choose to rent the house.

She asks me to send her the funds through Cash App, and we said Zelle is the only way we can send the money to you. And she said if we pay through Zelle, we will have to send it to her husband’s phone, 954-817-0213, and she ask me to send her a screenshot of the payment when done, and we send $200 for the background check via Zelle to All Power Supply Inc with this phone number 954-817-0213.

And she said she will get back to us when she here from the association and she text back and said just heard from the association that the background checks are a green light. We ask her what now, and she said the current tenant will be moving out on the 29th of November and she will have a cleaning company scheduled for the 30th of November to clean the home, and then the house can be moved into after that.

she asks me if we are available late that afternoon or evening on the 30th of November 2022, to do a walk-through, and we said yes. She ask us when would we like to move in and we said December 1, 2022, and she said if we wanted to do a refundable hold deposit to reserve the house from now until then, that will hold the unit so no one else can apply, or place a deposit on it between now and then, we ask her for how much for the deposit and she said well typically it would be the move in amount, but if you need to break up the deposit we can do something a little less as a hold, and we said what about $1,000 and she said to let her talk to her husband, she said she doesn’t think he’ll be ok holding it for less than half down, and she said is there any way we can do half of the move in, we ask her before we send you the additional fund, can we meet and also see the home, we told her we’re sending money and personal information to someone we have not seeing.

And she said she’s in central Florida and she can send me proof of ownership and send the property appraisal from Broward County with Rosemarie Abel name on it, and she send me her driver’s license with Rosemarie Abel that matches the property appraisal.

She said she was ready to start writing up the hold contract with the pending lease agreement if we like. She asks us if we have pets and said no, she asks how many people including kids will be living in the house, and we said three total. Then she said the payment is refundable pending the walkthrough outcome and asked if we were okay with that.

She asks if we can send the payment by 4 pm that day so she can get to the bank and get the money moved into its own account, she also said Florida requires by law that deposits on rentals be held in their own account, so we sent an additional $1,700 for the deposit through Zelle sent to All Power Supply Inc 954-817-0213.

We ask her to send us the lease so we can go over it and ask for the association rules and bylaws, she emailed a sample contract and email a link to the association, http://web.mmilive.net/pinebay/home.aspx.

When we call the association no one answered, we told her we are calling the association, but no one answered, she said it was because of the holiday weekend. On Monday, November 28, 2022, we text and call her no answer, on Tuesday we call and text no answer,

and now we call the number we sent the Zelle payments, and someone answered the phone and said nothing, so I text the number and said good afternoon, Rosemarie Abel said you are her husbands, we send $1,900 to All Power Supply and would like a refund today, please. And he responded, I received the money and gave the money to your friend, and he said he have text msgs from her to him about receiving the funds from you and giving them to her.

I asked him to send me that text, and he said it on his phone, we send a text to both saying if we don’t have this money refunded to us by today, we will start reporting it to the local, and federal authorities.

When we check Sunbiz for the company name All Power Supply Inc it’s currently Active and the registered Agent is Silverberg & Weiss P.A. at 1290 Weston Road Suite 218 Weston, FL 33326, and the CEO of All Power Supply Inc is Montgomery Nicholas P at 2580 N Powerline Rd Suite 605 Pompano Beach, FL 33068 (954-633-5536)

When we call Miami Management of Broward County at 954-839-2681 the Manager Ullee Major said there’s no new application for us on the system for that property or our names for Pine Bay Association. She ask to email her at [email protected] to call or email us when she sees the application on the system, she said if we were approved we would have got an approval letter from management.

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Property management company advertising housing as low as $500 month for a house with $3500 move in fees

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This person has a listing on the Facebook marketplace. She gives her email and says to contact her that way. When you email her she tells you she’s in the army, so she has apartments listed with Airbnb. You have to send her your current address that she says she sends to Airbnb, then they send you the invoice for 1,500, which includes a security deposit and the first months rent. Only after you pay this are you able to go look at the apartment and know the location. She then emails you asking you to take the invoice, and cash, go to a bitcoin location( which she finds one close to you) and wants you to make the payments that day. Luckily I didn’t do any of that. I am upset that I gave her my address though.

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Here's my boyfriend and I were stupid and it was a rent to own house in cedar rapids Iowa all utilities paid they demanded $400 security deposit and then you we were told that we would get a key to the house and we could move in I went by the house and there were people inside the house shortly after the $400 was paid otherwise it has been empty for quite a while so I demanded my $400 security deposit back and all I got was a story that the gentleman was sick and when he was able to get out of bed I would probably get my $400 back but then his wife said that they do not have my money and that's all I was told and that I'm not a human being because I'm not letting him get better cuz I was bugging them for my $400 and also there was another party that went through Messenger and they supposedly had a key to the house but we had to wait for a lawyer and that wasn't happening either so yes we were kind of stupid in doing this but it's going all over town and my friends getting involved in it too and they're doing to a lot of people but I would like my $500.00 that includes an application fee back from them because that was hard for me to come up with and yes there were stories as soon as that was paid for so in my opinion it was a scam because there's a lot of them that are out there doing the same thing

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