I'm half-heartedly looking for apartments on craigslist (I don't know where I'll be working next, so that limits things, somewhat), and have several times run across this one: Some one advertises a beautiful apartment for a ridiculously low price. When you ask about it they claim to have been transferred out of the country, and have the only set of keys with them. But, they're willing to use TNT as an escrow service: they'll deposit the keys and contract with TNT, and I wire TNT the first month's rent, or a deposit, or $$, in any case. Once TNT has received and verified both the keys and the money, they'll send me the keys, and the apartment owner the money.
Except that I've spoken with TNT in person - they're a shipping company, similar to FedEx, that operates in Europe and other places. They offer no escrow services.
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Release the Hounds
* No badgers were harmed in the creation of this blog *
** Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease† **
** Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease† **
A Blog by Roger Bender, About
What I'm reading, or intended to be reading
Labels
- fiction (299)
- Truth and Beauty (147)
- steampunk O'Brian (92)
- cats (66)
- X-ray (49)
- rants and raves (35)
- disaster management (21)
- cybersecurity (14)
† This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA.†
Shadow
4 comments:
You met a scammer through Craigslist? I'm shocked. Shocked! This is why it's better to conduct your business through friends of friends on Facebook and Twitter than with strangers.
Yes, but stringing them along is so much fun
I guess you and I differ in our definition of "fun." This is a dead end activity, better to channel your aggression into smashing imaginary naval vessels with cannonballs.
Yeah, it is getting old pretty fast
Post a Comment