Many sellers and buyers are frustrated about the increasing number of scam in the country. Real estate companies claim that more and more people complain about real estate frauds. The usual scam looks like this. A company puts listing for sale on the Internet and the people can see it. Then a person – usually a foreign finds the house to buy and tries to contact the owners of the house. That person puts the house on Craigslist using the real owner’s name and gives a very low price. Then the application is filled in and the scammers ask to send the first month rent deposit in order to get keys. Everything is done by e-mail and the clients never see the real house. Of course the money is sent but no a house is got.
It’s a pity but more and more people get into the trap and pay out money only because they want to have some property. But not only potential buyers suffer, but the real home owners too as their names are used. The recent case happened in Wyoming, when a woman wanted to rent her a house, and every morning saw some strangers trying to get into her house and taking pictures.
The only way to avoid any scam is to be very careful about Internet listings.
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