619-356-6634

Foreign man trying to rent apartment in New Orleans for Mardi Gras and claims he lives in Slidell LA.  Believe this is a scam.

A guy with heavy accent called from 619-356-6634 and said his name is Terry Green. Well, it sounds like this Terry just wants my green. I have exchanged quite a few emails with this person and when the guy called it all came together. THIS IS A SCAM! STAY AWAY!

The whole thing was about renting a condo in Colorado and I responded to an ad on Craigslist.. This Terry Green person's email is terry.green30@aol.com

Came across this guy when I was trying to rent a group house in New Orleans.  This is absolutely a scam artists.  He sent me back some sappy email when I barely started questioning him about the house and the legitamacy of the deal.  This guy can go lay an egg, stay away.  He uses the address of 1212 Bourbon Street as the location of the rental...

7 Bedroom House
Went by zillow Rental <niceproperty@warpmail.net, as Larry Brown, with this as his signature:
Larry Brown
Apartment Rental Agent
Vacation Rental'sCopy@right2012
Agent Consultant Of The Property.

And in another one, using the same house address but advertised as a 4 bedroom:
Donald
Donald Rentals, rentalsdonald@yahoo.com

Came across the same exact person on email when I was trying to find a house in Hollywood Hills.  I was surprised by the response of the email and the broken English.  Claims to have worked in this business for 15 years and again, when I asked for references gave me the zillow.com email and a great deal of self testimonies.  I apparently was the only one to ever question his integrity.  Just seemed very random to so Bank to Bank or Moneygram for a home I don't even have an address for.  Going with my gut and saying, no thank!
First went by Larry Brow and then later Brown.
Also went by zillow Rental <niceproperty@warpmail.net, as Larry Brown, with this as his signature:
Larry Brown
Apartment Rental Agent
Vacation Rental'sCopy@right2012
Agent Consultant Of The Property.

Hey ive been talkin to this guy over the phone.  Is there any way i can call the cops on this guy cause he's just plainly pissing me off and want him out of craigslist.  He's the same guy same name and i have all his information!

Looks like this guy is still at it.  The email correspondence from his was a little suspicious so I asked for a phone number.  I Googled the number and found all these other reports of fraud.  The number he gave me was 619-359-6634.  

See other reports of the same scam by this guy at this number 206-339-0186.

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subject    Re: $250 / 3br - Classic Santa Barbara Oceanfront home (Santa Barbara)
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Hello

Thank you for showing interest toward the property.The property is available for the dates chosen.

SECURITY FEE = $250 fully refundable upon satisfactory inspection at check-out.

%50 DEPOSIT =  %50 payment is required to confirm a reservation with the balance due in cash upon arrival.

Check the below quotes for the cost of nights you intent to stay in the property


PER NIGHTS = $200           7NIGHTS =     $1400

%50DEPOSIT =  $700.        SECURITY FEE= $250

TOTAL AMOUNT= $950


I am sure that this is one of the best property you can get around at this reasonable rate but i cannot guarantee the hold of the property until you book for it. You are required to pay50% of the total rental fee and a refundable security fee of $250  to enable me hold the property for you,as there is rush for the property at this time.The price is for the whole property

MODE OF PAYMENT: Western union

You get to notify me of the exact time you will be arriving to make arrangement to pick you up at the airport. I will only take cash at hand for the balance of the rental fee on your arrival when i will be giving you the keys to check in.

I will send you the Rentals agreement form as soon as i have your reply to know you are interested in the property.l look forward to read from you soon regarding your interest to book the rental property.

Regard
Todd Lee Sternberg

His name is John Giebler try to rent 2bed condo in Santa Monica!!

We were done in by the POS. Foolish us were rushing because we had just recently missed another rental by waiting all of 2 days to finalize.

He is going by the name George Ebbs now. Same 619 phone number, and his English seems a bit better now. Found ad through craigslist and failed to do enough due diligance on VRBO, etc.

Live and learn, though I feel pretty dumb.

Forgot to say - yes, the name is John Giebler that he is giving. Ours was for a property in Carpineteria, just south of Santa Barbara.

Please contact me regarding your post. 805-331-6333.
Shawn

Call me regarding your post. 805-331-6333.

I been e-mailing this guy Jhon Geibler and he is trying to rent me a condo in San Diego but I dont know if it is a Scam. Does Some one knows?

I just got an e-mail from an ad on Craigs List for a Lux condo in Solana Beach this summer. The price was fantastic for this mult-million dollar home, maybe too good.  The name used now is Chris Ebbs at this number 619-356-6634  I gogled it before calling and holy crap it seems these people are renting houses/condos all over and the ads are the same each time. BEWARE!! I SMELL SCAM!

this guys is trying to rent me a condo right by the beach in San Diego CA. and his name is John Giebler. so I think I should nt fall for is. He wants the money upfront. like 200 deposit and 50% of the rent. He wants me to send it throu MoneyGram to the owner of the condo that lives in Adelanto Ca.

I responded to Craigslist ad for a vac house in Santa Barbara. I kinda knew it was too good to be true, plus the email I got back had bad grammer & English. Be-careful , It's a scam!!!!. Since I know alot about RE properties, he couldn't answer any of my questions I bumbarded him with so he hang up. Go to the county records find out who owns the property, don't be a VICTIM!

I am so thankful for this posting...I was looking to rent a Chicago condo available through John Giebler. Same thing... 1/2 fee plus refundable security deposit! i'll be looking elsewhere now!

I was looking for a rental place for summer vacation in San Diego and looked at the Craigslist (which was a wrong decision). couple guys got back to me : one is john Giebler another one is Jeff Robinson.

they both offered me great rentals for $200/night (normally costs over $400/night). in the end I rejected John's offer and went along with Jeff Robinson. then he asked me to WIRE money to an account in Gerogia. it raised the red flag and I decided to pass.

his phone number is 619-356-6634. I never talked to him over the phone so I am not sure if he has accent or not. but I am glad I googled the number and found this website. BE AWARE!!

I have a guy trying to rent me a condo in Chicago for a week by the name of John Giebler. When I looked up the address and called the apt building attached to that address.. it turns out the address is for a high rise elderly housing apt building, not a condo. John was supposed to call me, but has not. Found him on VRBO.

Was trying to rent a beach house in San Diego. Same thing.  Just e-mailed me this number which thankfully I googled.  Is going by the name Chris Ebbs...BEWARE! SCAM it looks like.