Alertness and a lot of common sense will serve you well especially when you get to see some phony ads such as a phony Craigslist’s Home Ad where the house is said to be for rent at just $1,000 a month! It’s a 3,000 sq. ft home and with a price tag of around $800,000! If you read this ad, you’d already know that it’s phony. A house that big would probably be rented for at least $5,000 a month and not just $1,000.
The house on the phony ad is on Auburn and it got lots of interested renters who came and asked about the place. Someone from Chicago even called and asked about it because it seemed too good to be true. Another woman called the number posted on the ad and she talked to somebody who was in Africa and had mailed her a form. If she bit the bait, she may have sent that person some money and would have brought a moving van with her to the house which is really not for rent.
It’s best to avoid this situation and always be alert that some scams are out there to get you.
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