You might find that the walkthrough was a generic sequence shot by and supplied to the agent by the home builder for an entire block of homes in that subdivision (which appears to be rather new from the satellite photos). And I'm not sure, but at first glance the agent appears to be one of the relatively new "hybrid" agent services that are mostly online with some professional services added on for an additional fee (the kind the listing services are trying to block access to), which lets a person sign up online (potentially fraudulently) and engage basic services for a relatively small fee.
The rent is not ridiculously low because, if I'm right about this, they want people with enough credit to make their identity theft worthwhile. Who knows -- you might hear about this tactic being the next wave in identity theft. And the stakes could be considerably higher than normal, if they're doing what I think they might be doing, with homes bought and flipped before the victim even knows it's happened, and ending up in debt to the originating bank to the tune of many thousands of dollars. Of course, I'm just guessing here. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: why am I thinking Nigerian? > > Well, searching for the address turns up several mentions, including > video walkthroughs of the property with the name and phone number of > an agent: > > http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1494426&fr= > > And Envirian, the agent, seems genuine: > > http://www.envirian.com/about_us.asp > > You could contact the agent and see if the owner really is Melton > Dow... > > On 1/13/08, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > that's the way it feels but do we have any actual reason to think > that > > besides the African angle? The rent mentioned is on the low side but > not > > ridiculously low for the area. I am not talking myself into further > > inquiry... I asked where the house was, and even if it is genuine, I > am not > > interested in that neighborhood --- too far out and no > transportation. > > > > I just have not heard of this approach before....it was a craislist > posting > > btw. > > > > > > On 1/13/08, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > This is a ploy to steal your identity through the information on > the lease > > > document via the credit history release you'd need to grant them. > > > > > > Respectfully, > > > > > > Adam Phillip Churvis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:250619 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
