Wand’ring Thru Wayne & Pike County PA

I originally added the paragraph below to the Rental Info page on this site – but I wanted to put it in a blog as well.

BEWARE OF RENTAL SCAMS! This blog post from a real estate agent on ActiveRain tells of how some scammer stole pictures from one of his listings and posted it on CraigsList. The scammer was pretending to be a relative of the owner, supposedly a soldier suddenly deployed to Iraq who needs someone to live in the house.

Would-be victims are encouraged to drive by the property, and if it’s suitable, send the money to the relative “handling” it for the soldier and they’ll mail you the keys.

Be very very careful – and though I have not yet heard of this happening here in Northeast PA, it’s only a matter of time before some crook thinks it’s a great idea, especially with the surge in people looking to rent.

I would encourage you to only consider units where the landlord or person working for the landlord is able to meet you on site and show you the property.

Thank you, Geoff Scowcroft for this heads up!

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