How to spot a suspicious Real Estate Listing

Someone brought this listing to Reddit /r/scams as it is suspicious as heck.  It's a house listed in New Orleans, and they ONLY take cash.



The listing is full of suspicious details, like

The only agent allowed is ours. Her name is Nicole Miller and can be reached at five six seven two eight four two four nine seven. There are tenants here currently there until March 29th, and need 48 hours notice before sale can commence or before anyone can see the inside. 

The phone number given, 576-284-2497 is a number in Toledo Ohio.

The lister wants 20% down, before you can even look at the house, and the house CANNOT be viewed until March 29th. According to the listing, it was posted on March 15th or so.

The listing was supposedly posted by a "Jeeb Renovations".


Except there is no such company in either Toledo Ohio or New Orleans, Louisiana.

What's even more interesting: Google found a SECOND house, this time in Jacksonville, Florida, for 30000, with the exact same terms: 20% down just to view it, cannot be viewed until March 29th, and the names are completely different, yet the language is IDENTICAL!

The only agent allowed is ours. Her name is Carolyn Dyer and can be reached at five six seven two eight four two four nine seven. There are tenants here currently there until March 29th, and need 48 hours notice before sale can commence or before anyone can see the inside. 

This time, the listing was supposedly provided by a "Larry Hutcherson", but the same 567 area code number was used. So now, we have FOUR different names attached to the SAME phone number, involving three different cities.


It's obvious by now that both house listings are bogus and perpetrated by the same scammer who's out to steal the 20% down "viewing fee". Once the money's deposited, the guy cuts contact, and you'll never see your money again.

Don't fall for the scam.