Looking for an apartment on craigslist and received this response:
"Hello,
I apologize for not responding to you earlier, I have been extremely busy the last few days!
The good news is that the rental is still available! We had a tentative agreement from the first person we showed it to, but now it seems that they changed their mind, so we need to lease it as soon as possible. You were the second one to email me about it, so its only fair to give you the first shot.
We know you will want to do a walk through of the property, but my husband doesn't want me to advertise the address as a measure of safety. Last time we did that without verifying people, the empty property was broken into and vandalized. We don't want that to happen again! You will be responsible for cable, internet, and phone, if you decide to have these services. Just to confirm, we DO allow pets at this property.
The rental term is 12-month lease, but can be switched into a 6-month lease if preferred. We just ask that you give us fair notice if you are moving out.
If you would like to set up an appointment, go to the link below and request the free copy of your rental report. We use this site for all the properties we manage. Just fill out the form and indicate that you want the free report. The actual scores aren't important to us, it's more of a formality to have it on file, to make sure there are no previous proerty related issues.
Get your report here: FULL REPORT
Remember, we only need to see the page about the rental history. That will be all you will need to bring with you to the showing.
As far as getting together to see the property goes, I am available to show it any time from 10:00 am on, for the next few days. Let me know once you have it printed out, and we will set up a time to do your walk-through.
Thank you once again for your interest!
Stacy"
The link takes you to Profinity and says that it will be completely free, but that you will be charged for three months of service automatically after 7 days of the trial. But there is no way to cancel on the site (it says cancel in writing only) and they charged me $89.95 7 days later.
Called their customer service line (877-486-9902, press 1) and got a person after two tries. After explaining, she marked the account as fraudulent, gave me a cancellation number, and told me that the money will be refunded within two weeks and to call back if it isn't.
I have to say that the credit score I was provided seems accurate, so it isn't a COMPLETE fraud, but their means of signing you up and sticking you with a charge that is impossible to cancel is a scumbag move. Hopefully the account is actually canceled.
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