When the victims show up and make the payment, the scammers literally take the money and run. They range from people advertising kittens and puppies for sale to concert tickets and homes for rent. Law enforcement is warning the residents of Hartford and surrounding areas including New Haven to beware of a rash of scams that have recently been posted on Craigslist throughout the State of Connecticut. Multiple money scams going around on Craigslist New Haven When the renters learn these facts, the scammers are long gone with the money. The scammers had hijacked the ad information about the house from another site and used it to advertise it as a rental giving a fake email address and name. When the renters show up at the property and contact the owners of the home they discover that the home was never for rent. After making the payment, the keys never arrive. The con artist posing as the owner said that he lived out of state and offered to send interested parties the keys via FedEx after they send the money for the deposit and the rent via wire transfer. House rental scam on Craigslist New HavenĪ home was advertised for rent on the local Craigslist sit. It was further discovered that this incident was only a part of a larger stolen car operation that was based out of Detroit, Michigan. It was then that she discovered that the car had been stolen and that the scammers had taken her money and were long gone. After the woman purchased the vehicle, she went down to the licensing department and attempted to have it registered in her name. Car purchase scam on Craigslist New HavenĪ 19 year old woman became the victim of a car selling scam and it cost her $2,600. They learned that the seller was evicted from the home just prior to selling the appliance. When the appliance never came, the victims went to law enforcement over the deal. He told them that he would have the appliance delivered to their home. He took the money from the buyers who responded to him on Craigslist. He advertised a refrigerator that was the property of a home he was renting. Connecticut man arrested in Craigslist appliance sale scamĪ 28 year old man was taken into custody after he fraudulently accepted money from his victims after advertising appliances for sale on Craigslist. What they were really doing was buying enough time to gain access to the vacant properties and instead of buying them, they rented the out to yet more innocent victims who would pay their rent and then be forced to move out when the true owners of the home discovered that they were there.
He posed as an agent for a company that offered to buy homes that were in foreclosure from the owners. Foreclosure rental scamĪ scammer was preying upon people who were nearing foreclosure in a sophisticated operation that went on for nine years before he was caught and prosecuted. Multiple money scams going around on Craigslist New Haven 1.
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