Scams continue on Craigslist in Honolulu, please use care and think twice before giving anyone your information and/or money:



Rental scams are becoming increasing popular. Do not become a victim. A few tips from http://rentalscams.org/ below:

Scammers will try to make the victim feel as comfortable as possible. Here is one way they do it.

1. Scammer posts rental ad on a large free classifieds site and makes rental price extremely low.
2. The victim finds the ad and wants to rent the property.
3. Communication between the scammer and victim begins.
4. Scammer tells victim he is out of the country on business.
5. To ensure the victim has funds. the scammer asks the victim to wire money ($2,000) to any of the victims friends. This is suppose to make the victim feel better because they are wiring it to their own friend.
6. The scammer asks to see the receipt that funds have been transfered to the victims friend through MoneyGram.
7. With Money orders, the recipient can pick up the funds anywhere in the world. With the information on the receipt, the scammer picks up the money.

There are commonalities with all rental scam emails. Below are some tips when dissecting a rental scam email.

1. Does the email start out with Sir / Madam?
2. Are there misspellings in the email?
3. Are there character mistakes in the email? i.e Hello,my nameis Susie.
4. Is there excessive capitalization?
5. Does the email reference God, UK, Cashiers Check, Doctor, Nigeria, Reverend, etc.
6. Is the email from a free email provider. i.e gmail, yahoo, aol, hotmail.
7. Does the email refer to another person or agent?
8. Does the email reference wanting to move in site unseen?
    

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