Dear Tangueros, The newspapers and the internet is full of Apartment Rental Scams. This is fairly common in big cities of the world, mostly affecting tourists. I found many examples, you can read some of them below. I have two friends that were scammed of their deposits, one in New York and another in Washington DC. Summary: rent from reputable real state agencies or from people you have references from. Sergio Craig's list San Francisco http://richmondsfblog.com/2010/07/29/richmond-district-woman-arrested-for-rent-deposit-scam/ Craig's List New York http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/12/03/watch-out-for-craigslist-scams
Canada http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Crimes/InPerson/MajorPerson/rent_scam.htm London http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2006/jan/22/property.observercashsection Other rental scam http://www.calvincrane.com/index.php?/archives/302-Scammers-are-hot-on-the-new-rental-deposit-scam-!.html _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
