206-339-0186

Recieved this number along with a requestt for a wire transfer.

Do not wire this number money.. I have sent him over $500 and unfortunately it is a scam! This scam involved about renting a apartment in New York with the owber supposebly living in London is a scam! DO NOT WORE MONEY TO ANYONE!

Don't send money when name of person is Mrs Sharon Williams who live in UK, the phone number is 206-339-0186, and email is something like sandrashouses4rent@gmail.com.
It's a SCAM.
I loose 300£.

I recently inquired about a vacation rental in NYC that stated the apartment had "Great views from this upper floor of a luxury 40 story hi-rise." and "On the 4th floor of a walk-up building" so I found that along with the too cheap rate of $100/nt to be confusing.  (http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/vac/1525364466.html)
For clarification I asked the person listing the partment to phone me. The response to my inquiry was by email from someone (Kate Lent)whose English was very questionable even though their ad was written in perfect English.  Kate also said she couldn't get through to my phone but I may call her at 206-399-0186.  It all sounded too suspicious so I Googled the name Kate Lent and the number she supplied and found these warnings about a scam.  "Kate" uses this e-mail address:
katelent01@gmail.com

Found a great looking cheap apartment in New York. Mails were answered by Janet Cowan - Cowanrents@gmail.com - when googling for cowanrents I found this entry with this phone number, then - thank God - this site. - We found her via graigslist. So be careful.

Almost in DC APARTMENT, Metro,National Mall, National Harbor, An - [ Diese Seite übersetzen ]Please call me for more information and to book this unit.for booking and agreement call 206-339-0186 or Email ( cowanrents@gmail.com) ...

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I attempted to rent a vacation rental in Tampa Bay Florida from a craiglist posting.  After receiving 2 e-mails from a woman named Kate Lent I was asked to sign a rental agreement and send $ for a deposit via western union.  She listed a man named richard Buerkle as the owner of this rental condo who the money should be sent to.  This is a scam.  After numerous followup questions she failed to respond.  Thankfully I never sent any money.  The below is the link in craigslist.  Her phone number is 206-399-0186 and the e-mail address used is katelen01@gmail.com
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/vac/1596052143.html

Hi, I am almost closing a deal for a 2 bedroom full furnished apartment in Soho, NY and the lady's email is sandrashouses4rent@gmail.com.  She told me to make a money transfer to Mr. Luis Crump Williams in London, England, but now I found your message and I´m doubting about it, so please help me giving me more information about this.  My email is claudiateja@cablevision.net.mx
Thanks

I sent deposit and 1/2 total equally 375 for an apartment in Salt Lake City.  I was in told after 5 days that the money still wasnt in their account, the account I Paypalled the money to was Roger Benscoter, and the "leasing agent" was Briliant Sparman (brietty4@gmail.com).  When I told her Paypal confirmed the payment and that I talked to an agent she quit replying to me. The phone number I was given was 2063390186 as well. Expensive lessen learned. Hopefully I can recover some of the money from Paypal.  I should have went with my gut. :-(

I got scammed by this person this morning and paid her $300 for a vacation rental in New Orleans.  She is using the name Briliant Sparman [brietty4@gmail.com] now.

My friend has sent Briliant Sparman over $900 for booking the apartment in Honolulu. After the payment, we found the phone number 206-339-0186 she gave us is not used in Hawaii and she hasn't sent the receipt.

Did you pay the rental fee by pay pal as my friend did?
If yes, have you asked pay pal to claim the refund?

Briliant uses this emai adderss : brietty4@gmail.com
Her pay pal info : rogbens999@hotmail.com

Looked on Craigs list for a vacation home. It was kinda odd that the actual rental ad was different than the address she gave me.

Terms and Conditions  
Owner's Name: Wanda Burts
449 Sierra Manor Rd, Mammoth Lakes, CA.
Term: This is a legal and binding lease Dea Lazo agent to Wanda Burts. Apartment and The rental. Wanda Burts to allow the renter to live in said apartment for the length of (4days). 

'Dea Lazo' is her new name. dealazo@gmail.com  She has different apartment ads on Craigslist.
- we agreed on price for an LA apartment, then she sent me a rental agreement and a colour image of a California Drivers License for Dea Lazo.  
- the rental agreement stated the owner of the apartment was "Lawrence Schollenberger" (no legally appointed agent needs or should name the owner)
- the rental agreement did not include an address or contact info for the agent
- the rental agreement required a drivers license or passport #.
- the rental agreement did not include an apartment number, only the street address

- her Craigslist ad subject line included "Vacation Professionals" with a triangle on either side of the text.  This text & format is also used by a legitimate Better Business Bureau vacation rental business in LA.  I called them and they do not recognize the name "Dea Lazo"
- the Craigslist ad subject line said "Apartment". I looked up the address on Google Map and with street view it was clear it was an apartment building.  I searched the internet for the address and found other, seemingly very legitimate ads for other apartments in the building and compared their exteriors to the google exterior to ensure I had the right place.
- It was a 1920's 2-story building.  She claimed the apartment had a private glass elevator and sub-terranean parking, but none of the other apartments mention an elevator in the building or underground parking & instead mentioned ground-level outdoor gated parking which is visible in Google satellite view.
- Her ad claimed there was a rooftop deck.  It is clear from Google satellite view that there was none.
- I communicated with other owners of rental apartments in the building.

I confronted her by email and she insisted it was a private residence and there was no apartment number to be given.

She emailed several times wanting the completed agreement, and I asked for a phone number to ask her questions.  She responded that she wanted my number and would call me.  I refused. She eventually sent a NY cell number that did not work (when I tried it I used an untraceable Skype number): 3153085329

Don't do it, folks!

We ran into the same woman.  See below.

ad for a ski/ski out condo in breckenridge, co on craigslist.  206-339-0186 was the number they gave me to call after i asked four times, but it always just goes to a message machine/fax, when it looks too good to be true, it usually is.  they wanted money sent western union or paypal and no owner info, but the agents email said Jeffrey Milestone and the rental contract was Bette Lamb.

I was trying to rent a condo in Breck for $100. Too good to be true. He wanted me to wire transfer due to the owner in Texas being a victim of scams. He had a perfectly good posting but his emails with me were with significant broken english. I asked for the number and he gave the same number as all the postings below. Needless to say, we did not wire transfer!

He went by the name of Jeff Milestone - hous-ypkqu-1618809731@craigslist.org was the craigs list email. his email is jeffrentals01@gmail.com

responded to a craigslist ad for a condo in miami beach - dea lazo as agent for owner Lawrence Schollenberger.  Was sending emails to a louis love, was even provided a copy of a Missouri driver's license.  Wanted me to WESTERN UNION money (red flag right there) - I attempted to verify Lawrence Schollenberger's ownership before sending a wire -- his name did not appear in the public records of miami-dade county, nor on the tax collector website, nor on the property appraiser website.  The photos of the living room showed some buildings through the front window... used google maps to view the address given -- no such buildings were on the street.

When I asked for additional information regarding proof of ownership before wiring funds, all communications ceased.

Watch out for Dea Lazo (same story as above) an apartment in LA, sounds good at first, then the emails have broken English, then the drivers license etc. I have not got to the part where she will request a wire transfer but BEWARE of paying anything online.

dealazo@gmail.com  "3BR WEST HOLLYWOOD" SCAMMER

I was scammed by this person too! I replied to an ad on Craigslist for a condo rental in HI, I should have trusted my gut on this one. Briliant Sparman used email address brietty10@gmail.com  and I knew she was scamming me when she started getting defensive the more questions I asked. My boyfriend said to just go ahead with it and I transfered $325.00 thru paypal to a roger benscoter. She emailed me back asking if I 'red-flagged' the payment and I knew I got ripped off once that happened. She continued talking to me and when I asked for a reciept she said she would get it to me and then she stopped replying to all my emails. I put a dispute in with paypal today and they immediately bumped it to a claim. Paypal must be aware of the history with this guy and are monitoring his account which would explain why they are now using money-wires like moneygram and asking for more personal info. Sadly my one year anniversary will now probably not be spent in HI thanks to these scammers. Hopefully we can get legal action against these guys.