KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City woman thought she found the perfect rental property, but after countless messages, several payments and no keys, she realized she was being scammed.
Rebecca Quinn had been searching for the perfect rental home for months until one night in January, while searching on Facebook Marketplace, she found a property on E. 103rd Terrace in Kansas City.
She said everything looked legitimate, the pictures were real, the house was real and the landlord was real.
Or so she thought.
Quinn reached out to the landlord on Facebook Messenger. Soon they communicated via phone, and they finally met in person.
“I saw her face; she saw my face,” Quinn said.
Quinn sent a deposit and first months rent, totaling up to almost $1,000.
But on the day before move in, Jan. 28, Quinn said she couldn’t get in touch with the landlord.
“She would always say, I’m busy right now, I can come later,” Quinn said.
Having faith, Quinn pulled up to the driveway of the property on move-in day with her car packed up, ready to enjoy her new home.
“I showed up at the house and waited for an hour and a half. She never showed up,” she said.
That’s when Quinn realized she was scammed.
FOX4 reached out to the property management company that owns the rental house, First Key Homes, to inquire about complaints from other renters. They didn’t answer, but an online…
