Victim of a scam that one Real Estate Broker says is easy for anyone to fall for. The hopeful renter went to check out a home he saw on craiglist. The supposed Property Owner claimed to be out of town, said the door was open so he could see the home, which it was, and asked him to wire money. Right after sending the money, he realized it was all a hoax. Kccis kim st. Onge has the story. Kim its likely one of the biggest decisions in your life, and scammers are jumping at the opportunity to make big bucks at your expense. Shane torres someones desperate and really needs a place to live so theyre falling for it. Kim shane torres is a broker at remax real estate concepts. He says this scam is nothing new. Shane they will pull our exact photos and verbage from our listings and use that and sometimes theyll actually go as far as to create fake email addresses and pretend that they are us. Kim but lately. Shane thats a legitmate one. Kim hes seeing it happen more often, to more people. Shane its been at least one a week for the last few months. Kim imposters posting homes for rent on websites like craigslist, zillow and hotpads. Com that are actually for sale by real estate companies. Torres says these scammers often claim theyre out of town and will hide a key or leave a door open so the potential renter can see the home as long as they wire them money first. Shane that raises a red flag. Kim limited information about the renter, few pictures of the property and homes renting for far less than theyre obviously worth should also raise red flags. Shane 4 bedroom, 3 bath, open space for 1000 per month. No photos, no anything. Kim Stephanie Linn never thought shed never fall for something so humiliating. She was scammed twice in one week. Stephanie linn my thing was omg theyre cheap and theyre gonna accept my cats. Kim but when you find the Perfect Place at the right price, sometimes those red flags arent quite as obvious. Alyx most legitimate listings will have the sellers Contact Information at the bottom, including an address a phone number. Torres suggests meeting the propertys representative in person if possible and dont be afraid to ask for more Background Information about the seller if youre unsure if the listing is real. Des Moines Police say a patient stole a taxi from Mercy MedicalCenter Friday the suspect was Luis Orellanarivera. Apparently he was discharged and didnt want to walk 6 blocks home. The taxi was in park, but still running. The taxi company, trans iowa, says police found the car within 30 minutes. Orellanarivera was getting out of the taxi and still had the keys in his pocket. The taxi driver was back on the road with his car in about an hour. Dozens of people lined the street in the 2300 block of grand avenue saturday protesting planned parenthood and governor branstad for not voting to defund the organization. The protesters goal was to raise awareness and show they are not backing down. Katie ussery this is just the absolutely, we will not stop letting him know that his inaction will out be tolerated will not be tolerated. Alyx branstad says iowa doesnt pay any money directly to planned parenthood, but says iowa does issue grants to the organization. The color teal is taking over pumpkins in des moines this year. The teal pumpkin project is a National Campaign encouraging people to give out nonfood items, like halloween toys. Thats so kids with special diets can also enjoy trickortreating. Participating houses are marked with a teal pumpkin or sign. Becky seabrooke to be able to help other families that arent able to have their kiddos enjoy a traditional halloween, it just means the world because i know how it feels and i think it would be nice to be able to help others. Alyx families can pick up teal pumpkins or supplies to paint their own at Hyvee Grocery stores. Teal pumpkin project map online. In fort dodge, police are searching for two suspects who robbed a hotel. It happened just after 6 00 a. M. Saturday at the best western starlite on 3rd avenue. Two men in disguises demanded money from the front desk. One showed a handgun. No word on how much money the men stole. One is about 510 and about 170 pounds. The other is about 58 and 150 pounds. Anyone with information is asked to call Fort Dodge Police at 5155731426. A man accused of stealing multiple vehicles and running into a Police Officer is now in custody. Adam thomas has been on the run since wednesday. Omaha Police Arrested him friday after someone called in a tip. Now hes facing charges in two states. Officers got a tip around 10 00 p. M. Friday, they found thomas at a home in omaha with one of the cars he is accused of stealing. They found ammunition, guns and meth inside the car. It all started on wednesday when adam thomas was arrested for fraud, but somehow slipped out of the patrol car and hit the officer during his getaway. Weather is never more than five minutes away. Is it warmer or cooler . Metinka chilly today but it will end up warmer. 30s across the east, 40s to the west. Ames at 31. In des moines we are up to 40. Highs today in the mid to upper 60s. Low 70s off to the west. Tomorrow will be warmer. Also more wind. Highs will be great, into the 70s to near 80 degrees and a general cooling trend for the alyx great weather yesterday for the 350 people who laced up sneakers and hit the pavement at principal park for the 4th annual walk n roll event. The charity walk benefits the Spina Bifida Association of iowa. Spina bifida is a birth defect that occurs when the spine doesnt completely develop. Organizers say they raised around 25,000 this year. Dan biller weve had about 35 teams that signed on this year, which is fantastic and it tells us that theres a lot of people that need our services, but we know theres a lot more people that could use our help as well. Alyx organizers say the proceeds will help families with travel costs and other expenses needed during treatment. And peaking of lacing up those sneakers. The weekend long events surrounding the imt des moines marathon began yesterday on the walnut street bridge. It all started with the national anthem. Then about 1,500 people pounded road race. Organizers say it is the first time marathon activities have spanned two days. In all, more than 8,000 people have signed up for the runs and races which organizers say is down slightly from past years. Elizabeth keest sedre there is still really strong. We are happy to see so many people coming back eyar after year. We get a lot of great feedback from outside of iowa. People love this race they love this city and they love to keep coming back. Alyx the events continue today with the full and Half Marathons. The runs start at 8 00 a. M. With an after party at el bait shop at 2 00 this afternoon. One thing to keep in mind associated with the marathon. Road closures. The walnut street bridge and east 1st from walnut to court are all closed right now. Huge portions of grand avenue, ingersoll, fleur drive and mlk will be closed. There is a complete list on des moines marathon. Com. Still ahead in your commitment news. Carly fiorina was in iowa yesterday. Who she says she would call on her first day in office. Plus, biden awarded. What the Vice President was honored with saturday. Worth it. I find my box of honey bunches of oats and im checking to see if i packaged it. Best cereal in the world right there. If the last 3 letters were p22, thats me. Hey, is that it . I think thats it. Whats up tiana . Thank you for everything you do. Wow youre a wonderful mom. Thank you so much its just shocking that someone cares. Tears of joy . This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning with alyx sacks and meteorologist metinka slater. Metinka good morning, another chilly start and even frost possible. 32 in waterloo. In des moines, 40 degrees. Already upper 40s to the west. It will be warming despite clouds to start. By noon, around 61 degrees and a high of 68. It will be breezy or than yesterday and more wind in store for monday. We need a south wind to boost ties, tomorrow will be warm near 80 degrees. The overall trend shows temperatures cooling down into the mid60s. We are starting off warm for this time of year and we will get back closer to average. The week ahead is looking settled, we will look at rain chances for you in the forecast. Alyx thanks metinka. In commitment 2016 news this morning. Republican candidate, Carly Fiorina, made a trip to eastern iowa. Saturday, she spoke at the linn county gop reagan breakfast at the hotel at kirkwood in cedar rapids. She also made stops in waterloo and monticello. While at the reagan breakfast, fiorina talked about the first two phone calls she would make to leaders in the middle east. One of them being about the nuclear deal with iran. Alyx fiorina is now into double digits in iowa polls. Just after the last debate, she holds steady between 813 . Vice President Joe Biden spoke at an event in new york saturday. But it wasnt to discuss his possible run for the presidency. Biden received a human rights honor from the Greek Orthodox church. He said that america will be strong as long as it remains a beacon for human rights. Biden also spoke about terrorist groups and how they use religion to justify horrific acts. He made no comments about his plans for a white house run. Democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders will be in iowa today. First hell be making two stops in iowa city. The first at a private house party and the second at a bbq fundraiser. Then later tonight he will be holding a town hall meeting at the Elementary School in fort madison around 7 00. And later this morning dont miss kccis close up this week we sit down with another president ial candidate to discuss their run for the white house. Heres a sneak peak at whats in store. Good morning stacey. Stacey good moring alyx. This morning on kcci 8 news close up, we talk with republican president ial candidate and former arkansas governor mike huckabee. Eight years after his successful caucus win, hear why hes running again. Plus, how he plans to tackle taxes, gun rights and even medical marijuana. Join Kathie Obradovich and me at 10 30 right here on kcci. Alyx with weather, we are metinka its another chilly start, the coldest air is shifting to the east. Readings in davenport at 28. But here we are at 40, wide range of across the area and we have a warm afternoon courtesy of a southwind. It will be a great day to go to the Pumpkin Patch. Then temperatures in the low 60s. 68 degrees, much warmer than yesterday. Across the state, we have been watching cloudiness across western iowa and those clouds act like a blanket. Thats the reason for the warmer temperatures. Great day for travel. The wind will be a factor, today will be breezy with a southwind but tomorrow we are expecting strong wind gusts. This cold front will be sacking and across the area toward tuesday. Maybe even a few rumbles of thunder by the afternoon. Whether will remain quiet after that but unsettled toward the end of the week. 10 degrees warmer than yesterday, 60s to your 70 and we tack on another 10 degrees for near 80. A beautiful stretch of weather, then ratings cooldown. In des moines it is a nice morning with clouds and 40 degrees. 68 degrees. Highs will be near 80 on monday but we have to battle wind. Tuesday, showers are coming. Even into saturday we have a few more raindrops in the forecast along with slightly cooler temperatures. The hawkeyes show their dominance while the iowa state cyclonesa makeover. With a difference. Hi maam. Hi. Would you like to have a free makeover . Perfect who doesnt love a good makeover. Here you go. Its a shower . its a shower but its a shower with dove body wash. With its breakthrough formula all it takes is just one shower. For softer, smoother skin. Wanna feel . It feels really good really silky smooth. Its awesome. I love it dove body wash. Iowa state was playing with house money. Three touchdown underdogs against tcu. They go back, it is a pass. Holden kramer, beautiful to mitchell harter. Joshua thomas says give me the rock. Sevennothing cyclones. A huge upset over number three tcu. Finding josh docs and, ties the game. Jewell landing as quarterback, former high school rival, they make the move and it is gone. 74 yards, the cyclones were only down three. Why is kansas being that special, third quarter, tcu great move in the end zone. The cyclones response, in a word, no. The offense vanished. Sam richardson jets as he throws, loses the ball, that was it. No offense at all, iowa state they certainly made good adjustments, they made plays. Third down is something that is discouraging right now, that was a big contributing factor to the last 45 minutes. We just have to keep clicking, once we get everything moving, who knows what can happen. Thats why we practice, practice on monday and we will fix everything. Next week the cyclones play their Third Straight game against the top offense in the nation. Today they beat West Virginia 6238. Quarterback runs 530 total yards, Corey Coleman had three touchdowns. Here is how good iowa is. The hawkeyes lost their top defensive player offense of player. 17thranked iowa, undefeated facing 20thranked northwestern. Opening drive for the wildcats, they tend to residents the air and you cant throw it. Takes up his sixth ball of the year, top in the nation. Running back Lashawn Daniels to name a few, leading rusher of the year goes down with a sprained ankle. Only 35 yards on the team, coming again, he was a site, 35 yard touchdown for the hawkeyes. Using those blockers, he is in. The wildcats cut it to 1610 at the half. A School Record with four for good measure, Derek Mitchell benz in to fix the blowout. Undefeated and in first place for the big ten. Our guys played great football out there today. That was great to see. Say this was a resilient bunch of guys we are coaching. Seems whatever comes their way, good, bad, they respond in a positive way. A ridiculous ending to the Michigan State game. A twopoint lead, the runner cant handle the ball. They win it for the spartans, 2723. That face says it all. You wouldnt know it, but we had a good Football Game between grandview on their first play, they throw it, the surface catch, 75 yards. Vikings when 19 to 13 in a thriller. Other scores, western illinois takes down uni. Over in the iowa conference, knocking out buena vista. 5548 while san diego at drake, 27zip. The cubs making it the world series in 1935, but if they beat the mets, that is over. Game one in new york, the cubs had a chance to take the lead. The throw is money. Keeping the game tied. Bottom of the fifth, curtis throwing it to center, the mets never lost the lead. They take the opener. It would not be a kansas city game without a crazy come back. Starting the seventh inning, down 30 and got it going. They tie their game with toronto at three. Alex gordon, boom. A five run seven, when it rains, it pours. The mostwatched morning news in central iowa. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning weekend. Alyx digging out. How residents in california are doing this morning. And how long it may be before they are out of the clear. Plus, runners take over des moines. Well show you the closures for todays big race. And when they could impact your day. Good morning, thank you for choosing us. A Beautiful Day ahead. Metinka kind of a nice trend, temperatures are going up. It will be warmer today than yesterday. Right now you cant tell because it is 40 degrees. Parts of eastern iowa, temperatures in the 30s. Graphic code grab a coat. The Pumpkin Patches will be packed. 68 is the high on the breezy side. 30 mile per hour southwind keeping us on the one side. Tomorrow windy and warm. Alyx right now Police Say One person is dead and four others injured in florida. The shooting happened at a zombicon gathering late saturday night. The injured are being treated for non lifethreatening injuries. Police officers barricaded the area and closed off downtown. Officials are now searching for parts of california remain under a flash flood watch. More rain is threatening the disasterarea in kern county where a river of mud buried hundreds of vehicles and damaged homes earlier this week. Carter evans has more on those digging out from los angeles. Carter on a sunny california morning, work crews began the long task of freeing nearly 200 cars. They have been stuck here on highway 58 since torrential rains unleashed a wall of mud on unsuspecting drivers. Oh my god. Were floating. Carter new cell phone video shows just how dire things became. Rae ecklund recorded these images. This car is going to hit us. Rae ecklund we just started flaoting and banging off cars. It was awful. Carter bill nissen was driving his 18wheeler. Bill nissen all this stuff started pushing this truck in park. With the foot on the brake. Carter work crews say parts of the highway could be closed for several days. Thats how long it might take to remove a milelong stretch of cars and debris, more than three inches of rain fell on this part of the lake county in just 30 minutes, the National Weather service is calling it a 1,000 year rain event. But they also warn heavy rain and floods could become regular sights this winter, with a strong el nino poised to hit california. Meteorologists say the heavy rains from el nino usually dont occur until december or january. So after four years of drought in california, the weather may go from one extreme to another. Carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. Alyx unbelievable images luckily, no injuries have been , reported so far. Back here in iowa. A local Real Estate Brok