the street definitely exists, and yes, it is quite a new development. Probably a couple of years at most, definitely less than five. The rents in that area run mmmm maybe 850 and up, more likely 950-1200, but 1200 is not ridiculous. It may be worth contacting the agent to see where that goes, just for fun. I am definitely not giving up any personal info, cause as I mentioned I want a place with access to public transportation.
On 1/13/08, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You might find that the walkthrough was a generic sequence shot by and > supplied to the agent by the home builder for an entire block of homes in > that subdivision (which appears to be rather new from the satellite > photos). > And I'm not sure, but at first glance the agent appears to be one of the > relatively new "hybrid" agent services that are mostly online with some > professional services added on for an additional fee (the kind the listing > services are trying to block access to), which lets a person sign up > online > (potentially fraudulently) and engage basic services for a relatively > smallmay be worth > fee. > > The rent is not ridiculously low because, if I'm right about this, they > want > people with enough credit to make their identity theft worthwhile. > > Who knows -- you might hear about this tactic being the next wave in > identity theft. And the stakes could be considerably higher than normal, > if > they're doing what I think they might be doing, with homes bought and > flipped before the victim even knows it's happened, and ending up in debt > to > the originating bank to the tune of many thousands of dollars. > > Of course, I'm just guessing here. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sean Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:55 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: why am I thinking Nigerian? > > > > Well, searching for the address turns up several mentions, including > > video walkthroughs of the property with the name and phone number of > > an agent: > > > > http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1494426&fr= > > > > And Envirian, the agent, seems genuine: > > > > http://www.envirian.com/about_us.asp > > > > You could contact the agent and see if the owner really is Melton > > Dow... > > > > On 1/13/08, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > that's the way it feels but do we have any actual reason to think > > that > > > besides the African angle? The rent mentioned is on the low side but > > not > > > ridiculously low for the area. I am not talking myself into further > > > inquiry... I asked where the house was, and even if it is genuine, I > > am not > > > interested in that neighborhood --- too far out and no > > transportation. > > > > > > I just have not heard of this approach before....it was a craislist > > posting > > > btw. > > > > > > > > > On 1/13/08, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > This is a ploy to steal your identity through the information on > > the lease > > > > document via the credit history release you'd need to grant them. > > > > > > > > Respectfully, > > > > > > > > Adam Phillip Churvis > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:250620 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
