Scammer Posing As Landlord Sought To Prey On Potential Renters To Collect Holding Fees
CBS Chicago
11 hrs ago
Syndicated Local – CBS Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) — One person already fell for it, another almost did. Someone posing as a landlord is trying to trick potential renters into paying holding fees in a south suburb.
It’s the kind of scam CBS 2 Morning Insider Tim McNicholas has been investigating for months.
“I like the neighborhood, because it seems quiet,” Kenya Miller said.
She thought she’d found her new home in South Holland, but she thought wrong.
“Now I’m knocked back down to ground zero,” she said. “Now I’m kind of traumatized, because I don’t know who to believe on the web.”