It seemed legitimate. The scammer had a nice listing up on a website. He asked for all the expected items. He then collected $2,000 for a home that wasn’t his.
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Dorothy Wallace-Alexander and her fiancé were looking for a new start in a new city. The couple was moving to High Point to be closer to family and friends.
“I was happy to be in High Point, a new city, it was a change for me and the kids, we were excited,” Wallace-Alexander said.
The couple needed to find a house to rent and started searching online with several different rental websites. It took some time but they eventually found a home they really liked. Wallace-Alexander called the phone number on the ad.
“He told me he was the property owner, and he was looking to rent the house out,” Wallace-Alexander said.
A couple of days later Wallace-Alexander went by the home to take a tour inside. When she pulled up to the home the owner told her to call him so he could give her the code to the lockbox.
“I called and he gave me the code to get in,” Wallace-Alexander said.
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