I am looking for a rental apartment in LA and went to Craigslist and saw this listing:
Http://losangeles. Craigslist.org/lac/vac/3865511333.html
I then contacted the property manager by the name of 'Mark John'. We exchanged email and then said that i need to pay a half month's rent and security deposit to a 'Gail Marie Vaughn'. When I googled, i ended up on scambook and noticed that others had been subject to this scam. So that is where the story ends.
Some things that tipped me off:
- very obscure email address
- poor english in the emails, syntax, spelling and grammar
- i used Google street view to look at the outside of the rental house and IT WAS NOT the same as what the picture had from the inside of the house.
Good luck out there. And be careful
Cheers
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