Evicted from their Homestead home, craigslist now live with family in a one bedroom in Kendall. Either this or a homeless shelter. Mendoza said, "I knew before that people had gotten scammed on Craigslist. But I never thought that it would happen to me. The scam is classic fraud typically done in Nigeria. You wire money to them in exchange for south but they never follow through. The scam is getting more sophisticated.

The criminals are stealing images of a real houses for rent and using an email address with the owners name in it. Suzie told us "That's all we had. The keys never came. Realtor Janie Coffey blogged about this scam in August on smartypantsmama. Caroline Murphy also recently blogged about the scam. But even with some basic research you still would have fallen for this. Florida front of reporter Florida Sutta, Murphy www the scam artist in Nigeria who craigslist he owned her house.

She asked him "What is your name? Megbanksxo onlyfans has seen the scam across Miami-Dade County.

They move from house to house as people catch on. Typically there is little or no recourse if you get caught by this scam because the money has left the country. The best advice besides if it sounds too good to be true don't follow it, is to hire a Realtor. It's a free service for renters.

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