I had found an ad in the Dallas Morning News about a home for rent at (ROR redacted address for security purposes) in Rowlett TX. My family and I were relocating from a long distance away, so a close friend of mine went and looked at the house. People were still living there, but there were boxes everywhere as if they were packing... Everything seemed in order and the house was what we were looking for. We called Dan Heskett back and said we would take it.
He had said he needed the deposit in order to tell the people to completely move out... Made sense. He said he was out of town and that we needed to western union it to him... So off goes $600 for the deposit and we thought we had a home for our family.
A couple days later he calls about the rent itself. He was giving us the "rest of the week free", but needed July's rent up front. That was fine too, so off goes $995 to hime via western union... Said he would fax my husband the lease that night at work... Never did, didn't think much of it since it was the middle of the night... That was the last time we actually talked to him...
Moving day come and here we were—7 hours from our family with 4 kids and everything we owned in a uhaul. The kids were all wanting to get to their "new house" as we were all SICK of being in a car. We finally find it and nothing had moved since my friend looked at the house. No one would answer the door, he wouldn't answer his phone still, and we were stuck!!! I was bawling... I had no idea what to even tell my children, much less what to do...
Luckily for us, we went to my friends house and located a beautiful home that we love dearly the very same day and started moving in... But we are still out the $1600 to this con artist and I would do ANYTHING to get it back...
He is a rip off artist deluxe and apparently has help in his little scheme as my friend was allowed into the home to view it. It makes me sick that there are people out there willing to take your hard earned money in such a way. I will never stop until this man is found and made to stop all the wrong he is doing.
Holly
Garland, Texas
U.S.A.
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