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Beware of rental scam
Recently our daughter was searching online for a rental. She found an ad for a mobile/modular home for $1,000 per month with a $600 security deposit. All utilities were included. Sounded too good to be true — and it was.
He said he was a missionary who was now living in Southern California, although his phone number was in New York. He told her she could drive by and look inside through the windows, but when we drove over there we found it was inside a gated mobile home park so we couldn’t get in. He wanted her to send him the first month’s rent and security deposit, but she told him first she needed to get inside to see it. Then he called her a swear word and hung up on her.
We called the sheriff to report the incident and we also called the manager of the mobile home park. The manager told us that this was not the first time that he had tried this scam because just a few days earlier someone else had tried to get in to see this place. The mobile home park doesn’t even allow rentals. So beware — this “missionary” is out there looking for the opportunity to steal your money.
How disappointing that people like this are out there preying on us. I wonder if his parents know what he’s doing?
Patricia Hamilton
Carson City