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Old 03-25-2010, 10:48 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by MarioF View Post
It would be interesting to know where they found out about the apartment. I'm a Realtor in the DC area and about a year ago in this area a big scam was going around. What was happening is people were hijacking agents craiglists ads that were for properties that were for sale. Somehow they were changing them to rental ads and also the contact info. People would contact them to rent the house and be told pretty much the same thing about wiring the the money first. There were quite a few sellers who had knocks on the door from someone who thought they rented the house but actually just lost there money instead. It didn't make many news outlets but it happened 3 or 4 times just in my office alone. So it's good they were careful.
I think he said Roommates.com, but after I Googled, I saw that it's all over the place. Craigslist and others as well.
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