A Florida Family Gets Scammed on Craigslist and is Now Homeless!!!

Awww, this is just so sad. An unidentified Florida family got scammed out of $2,400 cash for Rent and now have no place to go. The mom found an ad on Craigslist for a 3 bedroom home renting for $1,200/month. She called and made an appt with the people in the ad who claimed to be the landlord. After touring the house, the woman and her husband signed a lease and turned over $2,400 for first and last month's rent. Then they moved in, but a couple of dsys after they moved in, a real estate agent, Gary Camarda,  for the Bank that owned the house showed up to show the house,  Turns out the house is a bank owned foreclosure and those people who pretended to be the landlords were just liars and stole the couple's $2,400.00 in cash. That's why you should never rent a property off of Craigslist. It's probably a scam. It's happened here in Sacramento several times. If you are foolish enough to rent off of Craigslist, DO NOT GIVE the new landlord cash. Give them a money order or a check. And if they refuse to take a check or a money order, that should be a clue that it is a scam. Unfortunately, Gary says this happens often, a house sits empty for a few months and then someone rents it surreptitiously on Craigslist. Unfortunately, this family cannot stay in the house and must vacate immediately but they have no where to go and no money. I think the Bank should give them their $2,400.00. Because they should have been keeping a better watch over their property. The house was rented out from under the bank and its realtor.