11 Comments

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   Just some guy on June 3, 2013 at 8:56 pm

   I guess from now on as part of your staging tactics you should include pictures of random people to make it look like it is occupied.

   It only takes one fool to send money to the scam artists to keep this going.

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   Thaylor Harmor on June 3, 2013 at 11:26 pm

   Get the FBI involved…that’s wire fraud, a felony.

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   avgjoe on June 4, 2013 at 5:48 am

   the scammers are everywhere. you should see craigslist. I sold a car recently and I would get emails daily wanting to know if it was still available. Once you respond they have your email and the spamming begins. They were also texting me constantly. you have to be careful.

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   Another Investor on June 4, 2013 at 5:52 am

   Had it happen to me on a rental in the Phoenix area. It showed up on Zillow. I sent them a request to remove it and saved a copy for my records.

   I’m increasingly concerned about using contractor lock boxes for exactly that reason. Someone that can get the key and “leave it under the mat” for their prospective victims can do a lot more damage.

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   consultant on June 4, 2013 at 7:59 am

   Jim,

   Thanks for posting this.

   There are an army of thieves out here. It’s amazing.

   Here in Atlanta, there seem to be groups of people who do this. The other scam or crime operating here are people who just take over a home and claim that the bank can’t prove it owns the property (which may be true) so no one owns it. So they physically take over the property. They usually wind up renting the property to some unsuspecting family.

   We still have a lot of homes in foreclosure in the Atlanta metro area.

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   GameAgent on June 4, 2013 at 12:15 pm

   I Googled the phone number 910-250-9276. Looks like this scammer is active all over the country.

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   Jim the Realtor on June 4, 2013 at 12:31 pm

   They request money be sent by Western Union Money Transfer to:

   Karen Schwartz
   2000 Lemay Ln Apt C133
   Dover, DE 19901

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   bubblenerd on June 4, 2013 at 1:20 pm

   You should watermark your photos with the realty name, site address and/or phone number, there are free sites and software that allow you to do this. Maybe a watermark along the bottom or the corner, or somewhere.

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   Jim the Realtor on June 5, 2013 at 8:45 am

   The FBI reads bubbleinfo.com!

   They supplied the link, and I submitted a complaint:

   http://www.ic3.gov

10. 

    CB Mark on June 5, 2013 at 9:00 am

    Everybody reads bubbleinfo.com. I suspect Kaos and Control agents do too!

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    Jim the Realtor on June 5, 2013 at 9:02 am

    😆

    There will be people reading this who don’t know who Kaos and Control agents are!