Scam crags list rental home

[desert-rat]

Not a.p. related , more of a warning to any one using crags list , ebay ect.  This lady thought she was renting a house off of crags list only to find it was a scam . 
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/story/27622994/woman-swindled-out-of-savings-following-craigslist-rental-scam

[Xanth]

Never do anything off the books... especially when it comes to payments.  Always make sure there's a paper trail... that would had seriously red-flagged me.

But then, hindsight is always 20/20, eh? 

[desert-rat]

I just dont trust stuff off crags list . A bad caps forum member got a p.u. (98 chv.) but did not get the title . Rite now he does not know if it is stolen or not . Its in the vip sec. ( members 100 + posts ) I dont know if non members can see it .
http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=40237

[Stillwater]

The bad word in this story is "prepaid-debit-card".

Poor lady might as well have sent her money to a Nigerian Prince.