The other side of the rental scam
This article out of Nashville shows that it’s not just people who are looking to rent who have to worry about scammers. The person in the article was trying to sublet her apartment on craigslist and received three money orders from a potential renter that came to $3000. The renter claimed that they were doing work in South Africa and were coming back to the States and needed a place to stay. The article doesn’t say but I’m sure 3 grand was not the asking price and I can almost guarantee the money orders were fake and the difference was requested to be wired back to Africa. So not only do

A Report on Nigerian Email Scam
Here’s a Sample Email Showing Typical Nigerian Email Scam Dear Friend, Although this proposal might come to you as as surprise since it is coming from someone you don't know or ever seen before. But after much soul searching I decided to forward this business proposal to you. I want a reliable person who can assist me transfer the sum of US$70.3M(Seventy Million,Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) into his or her Account.This fund resulted from an over-invoiced bill from a contract awarded by my commitee under the budget allocation to Ministries and the bill was approved for payment by the presidency. The contract was executed,commissioned

HI woman loses +$2K in scam
From the wilds of Alaska we now go to the lush tropics of Hawaii. Kealakekua on the Big Island to be exact, where a 29-year-old woman lost more than $2,000 in the fake check scam. She put some furniture up for sale on craigslist and a potential buyer sent her a check for close to $2500, about 10 times more than the asking price. The buyer also claimed to be disabled and that’s why the transaction had to be done through e-mail. The seller cashed the check and wired the difference back to the scammer. Of course the check turned out to be fake. It seems that t

The length some scammers will go to
A woman in Anchorage, Alaska is trying to sell her house through a Realtor. A craigslist scammer copied the ad and placed an ad on craigslist listing the house for rent. This is of course is the usual rental scam trying to swindle money out of potential renters. The woman was contacted by her Realtor about the phony ad and decided to engage in some reverse scamming with the scammer. The scammer called himself Lance Renfro among other aliases. Lance claimed to live in the San Diego area but had phone numbers in Florida and New Jersey. He claimed that him and his wife ‘Shannon&#

The secret shopper scam claims a victim
This is an article written by a victim of the secret shopper scam. The victim responded to a secret shopper ad on craigslist and was sent USPS Money orders and told to cash them and wire them back to the scammers. The victim was then told to review a Western Union facility. As you may expect the money orders turned out to be fakes and now the victim is responsible for paying the money back. This is not the first time I’ve heard of this scam but it is the first time I’ve heard of Western Union being used as the go between. Remember, if it involves wiring money anywhere for w