206-339-0186

Hi Everyone,
I am so upset at the moment, my name is maxine bingham, my email is supermax20747@yahoo.com.  I am so very sorry, i am not the one scamming you.  I met a Sean Jimson Farrow on a website and had been corresponding with him.  I told him he could use my email for his business to sell his art work he stated he was in London, UK and couldnt open a account.  I became skeptical when i started getting emails about rentals and the last person that sent a email contacted me via phone  about a rental i posted. I explained to them that i did not have a rental and that a friend of mine had been using my paypal account.  They filed a dispute charge against me and when i confronted the person he told me to give the money back which i did.  I have sinced closed my account once i found out that the number he gave me 206-339-0816 which is supposed to be his home number is a scam. I am so sorry about all this.  He has also scammed me.

This is Maxine Bingham again.  I have reported him to the FBI. If i had not come on this site I would not have known that he had been using my name and yahoo address to scam people. I wonder who else he has met on the dating site and has been scamming them. I reported him to the site as well. It is purely accidental that i found out he was a fake and a fraud when a package i sent to him came back to me and i confronted him via his email sjfarrow@44.com.

Just to let you know the email address he gave me is sjfarrow44@yahoo.com.  I feel so stupid.  So PLEASE if someone contact you from this email address its a SCAM.  He said he was an artist whom sold paintings.  I tried to look him up using the address he gave me and the phone number that i found on here through various sites but when i did it gave me information for Seattle WA, with the name Sean J. Farrow.  I even have  pictures of this person it may not be his pictures he sent to me. So i am going to have to contact the FBI and have them further investigate whose pictures he is using so the person is aware. Yes, again i am so, so sorry and i did post that info on the military site in 09 i was looking for a former classmate at the time. I am so glad i finally found out that the number is a scam otherwise i would have sent more money to this person.   Have anyone reported him to western union or moneygram to date?

Thank you for the tip .I came across Dawn Morris on an ad (I believe it was Craigslist) for a very plush duplex at a very affordable price.I corresponded with her through e-mail and she replied within a few minutes.I decided to do research on a few more rentals before I decided on  this particular rental in New York.You can imagine, to my surprise, when I came across the same rental through a different source with a different price range. I googled her name and came across your post. Wow what a disaster it would of been if my family and I would of committed to that contract.Thank you for the info on a reliable contact for rentals.

I was solicited yesterday for a rental beach property.

When he mentioned "western union" my hair went up.

I googled the name and found this place.

FYI I reported his email to HOTMAIL and they pulled his account.

Not much justice but I am sure I cost him some business and hardship

Fake rentals on 16 Compass Ave OCEAN BEACH , NY 11770 on NY craigslist.org

On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Brett S. Rogoff <r.brett7811@gmail.com> wrote:

Your Vacation Rental - Booked Now

Thanks for the heads up, guys

I am so glad I saw this post, I almost booked a hotel in Hawaii through craigslist.  http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/vac/1854656170.html

Seemed too good to be true, guess it was.  Bummer!

Here is the email

2 NIGHTS = $200
%50 DEPOSIT = $100
SECURITY FEE = $200

Thank you for showing interest .The property is available for the dates chosen.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 $200 to enable me hold the property for you,as there is rush for the property at this time.i will issue you a receipt confirming your payment.You get to notify me of the exact time you will be arriving in to make arrangement to pick you up. There is no extra charges for this also. I will render this service for free.The owner only accept western union as form of payment.I am an agent.I will send you our booking and payment form as soon as i have your reply to know you are interested in the property.


Thanks
Steven.

So I am also working with this/these people for an apartment in New Orleans for Mardi Gras.  I asked for a phone number and for "Kelly Woog" to confirm they were rental agents for this "Dr Lawrence Schollenberger from Allentown PA"  I got excited because $100/night in MG is WAY to good to be true so I have emailed them back and forth several times requesting a full physical address, I redlined the Agreement to ensure my deposit would be returned and that I would in fact be renting this apartment.  When "Kelly Woog" with a gmail e-mail didn't respond with anything other than send deposit to Western Union I thought better of it...Maybe I'll keep them going and see just how much information I can get without sending any money...meantime I wonder if I can call the police since I am not out anything?

The ad I responded to: though I also have SEVERAL emails back and forth.

Date: 2010-07-15, 2:06PM CDT
Reply to: hous-msdxf-1844752539@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]

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One of the most Finest buildings in Bourbon Street, French Quarters.

Visiting soon?
Interested in staying in a central location close to the heart of the city that isn't another hotel room? So close to live music, great restaurants, unique shopping and much more

This 2nd floor unit has a wraparound balcony on Bourbon & St Philip Streets, across from Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop. 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, center hallway, and a very large living room surrounded with Air conditioning unit and ceiling fan , Washing Machines , Dish Washer , Towels , Wireless internet Broadband , Kitchen Utensils , Plasma TV , DVD , Movies , PlayStation Games ,WiFi

We Deliver in English , French , Spanish , Italian

WHY PAY HIGH NEW ORLEANS PRICES??
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO AND/OR APPT.
WILL GO FAST!!

MORE PICS AVAILABLE


Bourbon Street (google map) (yahoo map)
cats are OK - purrr
dogs are OK - wooof
Location: New Orleans
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Craigslist Scam emails for Destin / Panama City areas

ryanm1960@gmail.com
emilyhousing01@gmail.com
fbarryrent@gmail.com
smith.carlos50@gmail.com

These all send email reposnses with the same format.

Sample:

Hello Chris,

Thanks for showing your interest.The house is available for the dates
chosen. But I cannot guarantee the hold of the house until you book for it. The house is
$250 per night. Check the below quotes for the cost of nights you intent to stay in the house.
PER NIGHTS = $250
50 DEPOSIT = %50 Prepayment is required to confirm a reservation with
the balance due in cash upon

arrival. SECURITY FEE = $200 fully refundable upon satisfactory
inspection at check-out. So all you

have to do to hold the house is to pay a 50% of the total rental fee,
plus the Refundable Security

Fee which is $200, which will be given back to you on the day you
departing from the house.

Place: Panama City Beach, FL
Type: Single
Bedrooms: 4   Bathrooms: 4.5
Sleeps: 13
Blocks to beach: Beachblock
Address: 240 Winston Ln City Panama City Beach Zip 32413
Here is the rate

3 NIGHTS = $700

%50 DEPOSIT = $350

DISCOUNT=$50

SECURITY FEE = $200
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DEPOSIT AMOUNT = $550
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BALANCE TO PAY=$350

All you have to do to hold the house is to pay a 50% of the total
rental fee, plus the Refundable

Security Fee which is $200.which will be given back to you on the day
you departing from the house,there is a rush on the house for now,reply me if you are ready to book
with us so i could send  you our Booking and Agreement form,we also pick up our customers from the
Airport and that attract no extra fee,it is just a way of welcoming our customers but its
optional.Get back to me as soon as

possible.Thanks

Regards,

I have come to a noticed that people try to use my wife's name for scam, Bette is my wife and she is not a scam please becareful if you are dealing with people on the net okay.. Thanks so much Jimmy Lamb

I AM THE REAL BRETT S. ROGOFF AND THIS GUY IS USING MY LICENSE AND NAME TO SCAM EVERYONE.  Just called the FBI and they advised me that the FCC is handling these types of cases now and that we should also alert the Internet Crime Complaint Center - http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

Cant believe it! I also had a weird feeling about this guy! I was minutes away from heading to Western Union to pay my $800 deposit for a venice beach holiday apartment and I had a weird feeling so I googled his name!!! Im shocked! Thanks guys for putting up this post! You just saved me a lot of cash!!!!!!!

Cheers


ps [***] you  Lawrence Schollenberger!!!

I am so proud of my daughter and myself! We figured in out before the first email exchange.  But when the email asking to preview the apartment, was ignored, it did not leave any doubts in our mind.  I went further and contacted the owners of the 703 Bradley in Ocean City.  They sure were surprised to hear that their address is used in a scam.  Who ever these crooks are they keep changing their address and locations. I would not send money unless I or someone can meet the owners and see the rental.

Please deal directly with local Real Estate Agencies. It does not cost you any money and you will be sure that it is not a scam. Agents must list their company in all advertising and communications.  This person impersonated an agent in his correspondence and did not have the required information.

Through a rental agency, I got a great rental in Dewey for a fair price and the dog can come along.

We posted an add on Craig's List and this number was used in a response.  They wanted our address and everything, which was not needed.  Thank you all for posting something and saving us a lot of trouble.

We became warry when the sender said they were from Arizona, but the english used in the email was extrememly poor.  BE ON THE LOOKOUT!!!

My name is Kelly and this scammer has been using my id and posing as a real estate agent.  I am NOT a real estate agent.  He scammed me for $300.  Please do NOT send this person any monies.  He will ask you to send money via Western Union.

They are working the Virginia beach area right now on craigslist. Lawrence Schollenberger is the name they are using to get deposits via western express

We got a scammer using our own rental property to contact a customer and used  Bette Lamb : IS SHE PICKING UP CHECKS AT western union for the russians???


Bette Lamb.
Address: 205 W Hoover Ave
Killeen, Texas,
76541   USA


****so let us know ok????or the FBI will pick her up this week.

respond to coldmtwater@yahoo.com  asap

robertbhinton@live.com

is the scammers email addy..

the phone numbers he used were

904-435-4981

appears to have used a Zillow posting to do his CL scam.

scammer trying to get a western union money payment using our house as bait....from Zillow and Craigslist

sounded like a foriegner I was told by the customer who alerted me...washington state connection with Bette Lamb who may have lost her ID in TX. picking up at western union.

Robert Hinton  was the alias he used in the scam numbers used....206-666-3461     and   904-435-4981