As reported by many others this was for a condo vacation rental 21 George St. #412 Halverston Village in Charleston South Carolina 29401 (and yes the property is and actual listing through a Ligitimate agent Zillow preferred Group. Not as a day or weekly rental monthly only as a lease property. The add is posted on craigs list with the contact being Janika Jeffery agent for Vacation Accomidations division of Vocational Rentals. As others have stated the deposit for the rental was to be a bank transfer or deposit into the supposed condo owners accoount "GAIL MARIE VAUGHN" #325016859470 Bank of America routing #121000358. My wife and I drove 45 miles to the nearest Bank of America to verify the account with the bank manager which it was a good account in good standing then we did deposit the cash into the account. (good by to my franklins and hamiltons). When we returned home I found the flag that was posted on Craigslist the same day saying that this was a scam. I contacted law enforcement along with the FBI Internet Fraud Division and filed complaints. I also contacted Bank of America but was told there was nothing they could do untill Monday morning @ 9:00 A.M. I was instructed to call back and ask for the Fraud department which I did exactly @ 9:00 A.M. The first person I spoke with said there was nothing the bank could do to stop the deposit so I then asked to speak to a supervisor. The supervisor was a huge help her name is Valerie Martinez somewhere in California. After explaning the situation to Valerie and informing her that this scam through Bank of America accounts has been going on since as early as May and has not been stopped by the bank when Gail Vaughn's name keeps coming up with a different account number at some point the bank will be held responsible. The fraud department is not doing their do diligence to protect customers. I did find out that reports and some type of action has been taken by Bank of America but it has not been stopped.in my opinion we the ones that have been ripped off may have a claim against the bank at this point. It is also not fair of me not to mention that this has happened at Chase Banks as well and Western Union money transfers but Bank of America is the one with the most documented complaints. I realize it is not the banks fault that we have crooks in the world they are only trying to run their business. However when you know something is wrong or there is a crime taking place and you do nothing to stop it our society and laws say you now have taken part of the liability for that crime.
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