Comments on: Vacation Rental Scams http://www.vacationrentalsindustry.com/vacation-rental-property-management/vacation-rental-scams Focused Self Help Articles for Vacation Rental Owners Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:23:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Grundig http://www.vacationrentalsindustry.com/vacation-rental-property-management/vacation-rental-scams/comment-page-1#comment-45 Grundig Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:29:51 +0000 http://www.vacationrentalsindustry.com/?p=101#comment-45 Thanks, I have found it fairly easy to identify these scammers. One dead giveaway is a novel with lots of information about WHY they want to rent your unit, not questions (other than price) about your unit. They usually have overseas connections and tend to be for longer stays but recent inquiries have also been from domestic(USA)looking individuals/companies for weekends. They usually do include more personal information than is typical - "We own a construction company", "I'm arranging a honeymoon". The english is also usually not quite right. If your not sure and you think its possibly a scam (it probably is) I found you can generally scare them away by saying something like. "My rate for that week is xxx, unfortunately due to the prevalence of scams I cannot accept cashiers checks but will gladly accept credit cards via paypal" Andy Thanks, I have found it fairly easy to identify these scammers. One dead giveaway is a novel with lots of information about WHY they want to rent your unit, not questions (other than price) about your unit. They usually have overseas connections and tend to be for longer stays but recent inquiries have also been from domestic(USA)looking individuals/companies for weekends. They usually do include more personal information than is typical – “We own a construction company”, “I’m arranging a honeymoon”.

The english is also usually not quite right.

If your not sure and you think its possibly a scam (it probably is) I found you can generally scare them away by saying something like. “My rate for that week is xxx, unfortunately due to the prevalence of scams I cannot accept cashiers checks but will gladly accept credit cards via paypal”

Andy

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