A little bit of a PSA this morning.12531
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 WGAN FanCLUB Member Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
lilnitsch private msg quote post Address this user | |
| A little bit of a PSA this morning. Be weary of jobs that sound too good to be true. I know there are a lot of folks looking for some extra income right now. However, this particular scammer I had to ask several times for where the property or job was located. The person finally broke down and gave me an address which just happens to be an ACTIVE vacant land listing listed for $175,000 with no mention of construction being sold "As is" just dirt. I talked with the agent and "Go Figure" they had never heard of Chris. Though, the listing agent thanked me and may have a job for me later this week. If I had more time I might play with this guy for a bit as now he is offering to pay me $1,000 a day for the month. But, I just do not have the time. In my Real Estate office days I use to screen these types of emails for agents w/rich uncles they had never heard of passing away and leaving them large sums of money.  |
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Houston |
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| If you read that outloud it's pretty obviously a scam.... | ||
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WGAN Fan CLUB Member Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
lilnitsch private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @briangreul Agreed, I am typically skimming these emails on my phone between jobs. I did however pickup a client by reaching out to the listing agent when notifying them there listing was being used for this scam |
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 WGAN ForumFounder & WGAN-TV Podcast Host Atlanta, Georgia |
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| @lilnitsch WOW! Thanks for sharing. I get emails like this every so often. I just ignore them. I don't typically share them, in case I am wrong about it being a scam. Since the We Get Around Network does get many requests for referring a Matterport Service Provider, usually, it is relatively easy to spot real versus scam versus a potential MSP trying to see what a competitor charges. We're pretty good at pre-screening for that too. Typically, for scammers, we noticed: 1. No website 2. No linkedIn 3. Non-business website 4. Leave out any form of contact info, except email 5. Ask about paying (usually too soon) 6. Looks like it was sent to any/everyone 7. Lack of details on the first email Hi All, What else tells you scam alert when you receive emails? Dan |
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WGAN Fan CLUB Member Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
lilnitsch private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @DanSmigrod The verbiage is off if you actually slowdown and read it. Also, for a job he wanted me to oversee it was a struggle to get a property address. Once, I finally got an address it was easy to see this was an active listing with no construction happening. Then I reached out to the listing agent to make them aware of someone trying to use their listing for this scam |
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 WGAN StandardMember Boxborough, Massachusetts |
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| Yes, thanks for sharing. | ||
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