this friend of yours better be hotter than hell.
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| Author: | bigfan [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Whats the scam? |
helping someone look for an apartment. I think I found one on Craigslist (Not even sure where I found it) but just sounded to good to be true. 3 BR, 2 BA, all new, Lincoln Park, etc etc. But, I sent the Email and I get the long PASTED and COPIED response. There is a link for a "Approval service", which might be the whole scam, but it didnt say "I need the approval process done before showing" The Email said he can show it tomorrow. So, I said OK, 10AM Wed, whats the address. Awaiting the reply. |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
bigfan wrote: helping someone look for an apartment. I think I found one on Craigslist (Not even sure where I found it) but just sounded to good to be true. 3 BR, 2 BA, all new, Lincoln Park, etc etc. But, I sent the Email and I get the long PASTED and COPIED response. There is a link for a "Approval service", which might be the whole scam, but it didnt say "I need the approval process done before showing" The Email said he can show it tomorrow. So, I said OK, 10AM Wed, whats the address. Awaiting the reply. There will be an application fee and they wont get the apartment. |
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| Author: | bigfan [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
rogers park bryan wrote: bigfan wrote: helping someone look for an apartment. I think I found one on Craigslist (Not even sure where I found it) but just sounded to good to be true. 3 BR, 2 BA, all new, Lincoln Park, etc etc. But, I sent the Email and I get the long PASTED and COPIED response. There is a link for a "Approval service", which might be the whole scam, but it didnt say "I need the approval process done before showing" The Email said he can show it tomorrow. So, I said OK, 10AM Wed, whats the address. Awaiting the reply. There will be an application fee and they wont get the apartment. But after he meets me there and shows it to me? lol |
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| Author: | badrogue17 [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
Meeting taking place on a roof near the UP West line by any chance? |
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| Author: | Hatchetman [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
this friend of yours better be hotter than hell.
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| Author: | NearWessSideHussra [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
That's how Kim Jong-un lured his uncle to his demise. 
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| Author: | bigfan [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
Hatchetman wrote: this friend of yours better be hotter than hell. Good call But I do enjoy busting people on shit like this. |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
bigfan wrote: Hatchetman wrote: this friend of yours better be hotter than hell. Good call But I do enjoy busting people on shit like this. Adam Carolla is doing a show right now called "To catch a contracter" based on to catch a predator where he takes sleazebag contractors to task for their shoddy work. I could not think of a show that is more up your alley |
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| Author: | Spaulding [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
Hatchetman wrote: this friend of yours better be hotter than hell. Ha I thought the same thing. |
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| Author: | bigfan [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
rogers park bryan wrote: bigfan wrote: Hatchetman wrote: this friend of yours better be hotter than hell. Good call But I do enjoy busting people on shit like this. Adam Carolla is doing a show right now called "To catch a contracter" based on to catch a predator where he takes sleazebag contractors to task for their shoddy work. I could not think of a show that is more up your alley I love Carolla....but I am not so shocked at bad work, sometimes you can do things right and it just breaks or something is used wrong, etc. What would be great is tracking down the guys who leave jobs or just dont show up. |
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| Author: | Bagels [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
bigfan wrote: . What would be great is tracking down the guys who leave jobs or just dont show up. what about guys who don't get the proper permits for the work they were hired to do ? |
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| Author: | IkeSouth [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
its nigeria. they will ask for a pic of your genitalia and then you wont get the apartment. think of it this way...on craigslist a long response means an idiot wrote it. smart people have too little time to waste on craigslist ad responses. |
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| Author: | spmack [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
badrogue17 wrote: Meeting taking place on a roof near the UP West line by any chance?
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
bigfan wrote: rogers park bryan wrote: bigfan wrote: Hatchetman wrote: this friend of yours better be hotter than hell. Good call But I do enjoy busting people on shit like this. Adam Carolla is doing a show right now called "To catch a contracter" based on to catch a predator where he takes sleazebag contractors to task for their shoddy work. I could not think of a show that is more up your alley I love Carolla....but I am not so shocked at bad work, sometimes you can do things right and it just breaks or something is used wrong, etc. What would be great is tracking down the guys who leave jobs or just dont show up. I believe thats also part of it. |
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| Author: | Nas [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
rogers park bryan wrote: bigfan wrote: helping someone look for an apartment. I think I found one on Craigslist (Not even sure where I found it) but just sounded to good to be true. 3 BR, 2 BA, all new, Lincoln Park, etc etc. But, I sent the Email and I get the long PASTED and COPIED response. There is a link for a "Approval service", which might be the whole scam, but it didnt say "I need the approval process done before showing" The Email said he can show it tomorrow. So, I said OK, 10AM Wed, whats the address. Awaiting the reply. There will be an application fee and they wont get the apartment. That is a very lucrative "trick". Depending on the area you can pay for the apartment without having to ever rent it out. |
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| Author: | bigfan [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
No response. I think I have been made! |
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| Author: | 312player [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
Maybe this guy takes 25$ from 50 people for a "credit check" with no intention of renting the unit. |
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| Author: | Nas [ Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
312player wrote: Maybe this guy takes 25$ from 50 people for a "credit check" with no intention of renting the unit. Depending on the area and the price of the listing he could EASILY get $75 to $100 from a lot of people. If you can make $2k a month listing a $1000 unit for $600 then it really makes no sense to rent it. |
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| Author: | Douchebag [ Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Whats the scam? |
Bagels wrote: bigfan wrote: . What would be great is tracking down the guys who leave jobs or just dont show up. what about guys who don't get the proper permits for the work they were hired to do ?
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