This article was forwarded to me and is well worth reading by any individual property owner/investor.

There are always con artists looking for new ways to part honest people from their money. It appears that they have come up with one targeting unsuspecting, if not desperate, landlords.

Take a look at http://www.modbee.com/business/scam/story/220406.html

A similar scam targets roommates and usually begins by being contacted by someone out of the country who will send authentic looking checks or money orders in excess of the amount needed. They then ask that the excess be sent back to them only to find out later that their checks/money orders are fake.

A vacant apartment or room is painul enough, but sending money that you don’t have to a crook, now that would hurt!

Tags: , landlords, Roommates, scam

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