Please use Caution on Craigslist

Recently internet scammers have gotten clever on Craigslist using properties that are for sale or vacant and listing them as rentals. These scammers will pretend to be the owners of properties and ask you to go see the property and then send them your first months rent if you want it. Sometimes these scams are more obvious, such as a 5 bedroom house in Bethesda renting for 2,000/month (yeah, right) or asking for a money order to be sent overseas, but sometimes its less clear.

If you are thinking of signing a lease for a property found on Craigslist and it seems suspicious, please let me know and I will look up the tax record to make sure you are dealing with the true owner.