This actually happened to me last month.
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I actually wasn't the direct victim of the scam, but I was involved. Well, my house was. There craigslist scammers on Buffalo Craigslist in the housing and apartment section who are looking to make a quick buck and most of the scammers aren't even from Western New York. Friends, who were looking to buy a house or apartment on Craigslist, were calling me this past month saying "I didn't know you craigslist selling your house". A scammer stole pictures of my house off the internet and posted them in a Craigslist ad.
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Sometimes with an address there were multiple posts with pictures of my hookup washer and dryer water on it so, when people would drive by, they would see the house and the ad would then have a link for a buffalo month's payment or other link.
This is just one instance in many. According to WIVB yesterday:. Tammy responded to the listing, exchanging emails with someone who claimed he was from Buffalo, but had to move to California after emergency surgery.
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He had family there to help with buffalo children. He emailed her pictures of the house that were lifted from realty websites to further the scam. Rob Banks Published: February 5, Share on Facebook. Filed Under: Homes. Categories: WNY News.