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IYC - Eviction update: My friend has until Friday to move out. I met with the real landlord.

Posted by Krusty (aka krustylu) Jun 27 '12, 15:04

The fake landlord was a guy that had been hired to do work on the apartments in the house. He was given keys to do the work, made copies and then proceeded to rent out the apartments as if he was the landlord.

The real landlord was in the process of selling the house and hadn't been to the property in a month. He locked it up, put security bars on the windows and figured it was secure. The fake landlord went and cut off the chains and bolts that were on the gates.

The fake landlord had scammed three people. My friend, a young woman and an old blind woman. He scammed a blind woman!!! There's a special place in hell for people like that.

My friend is out $3,600. The young girl and the blind lady are out $2,400. My friend should be able to stay with family for a week or so while he gets more cash together to find another apartment. He's tapped out since he just dropped all his extra cash moving into this apartment.

I feel so bad for him and his family right now.

Responses:

oh hell no, that lease is legit, the fake was acting as an agent and real landlor has to deal with his intermediary - zeitgeist Jun 27, 15:28 2
- How is the lease legit if someone other than the landlord, without landlord's knowledge, set it up? -- nm - kelly Jun 27, 15:48 1
  - it's not. it's sort of like saying someone who steals merchandise from a store is then an agent of the store when they sell the goods. -- nm - b. Jun 27, 15:50
ugh. unfortunately, that kind of thing (minus the outright crazy) has been happening quite a bit locally with empty foreclosures. - b. Jun 27, 15:26 6
- man, I had no idea. next time I'm looking for a place I will have to check out the landlord. -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 15:30 5
  - apparently, it happened a lot in the 70s with foreclosures and then made a comeback in recent years with the upsurge. -- nm - b. Jun 27, 15:39
  - Me either. I never would have thought to check if the person renting me the place was allowed to do it. - Krusty Jun 27, 15:34 3
    - going forward, errybody gonna need a background check. -- nm - Diva Jun 27, 15:36 2
      - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 15:37 1
        
        thinking back, a lot of the folks I've rented from could have been pulling that scam, and in most cases, I would have not known. -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 15:38
This is legitimately one of the worst cons I've ever heard in real life. -- nm - David Jun 27, 15:18 1
- I didn't believe it when he told me. I though he just messing with me. - Krusty Jun 27, 15:20
Oops...there's more and this is the craziest part to me. The fake landlord called the cops. - Krusty Jun 27, 15:11 27
- Wow...And your friend probably has no way of getting the money back -- nm - amoxy Jun 27, 15:39 3
  - Nope. He could sue him, he might, but he'd never see a dime. - Krusty Jun 27, 15:41 2
    - it kinda sounds like fake guy won't be at home. -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 15:42 1
      - Not until he gets out of central booking but he's going to get out eventually. - Krusty Jun 27, 15:44
- This is absolutely crazy. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 27, 15:26
- he probably had lunch with Jennifer and had the salad. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 27, 15:24 1
  - I'm gonna pick up the phone and we're gonna call Jennifer. Then I'm gonna ask her what she had for lunch. -- nm - Diva Jun 27, 15:36
- this is sooooo strange - prayformojo Jun 27, 15:16 1
  - He seemed like a normal dude. Nothing about him or the situation seemed strange. My friend has a signed lease. The fake guy was at the property - Krusty Jun 27, 15:18
- "The fake landlord called the cops. I repeat, the fake landlord called the cops." ('Catfish' spoiler inside) - Diva Jun 27, 15:15 1
  - oh yeah -- nm - prayformojo Jun 27, 15:16
- $10 the fake landlord has open arrest warrants :))) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 27, 15:14 2
  - I'm betting he's doing this at other houses he's done work on. - Krusty Jun 27, 15:37 1
    - agreed -- nm - peglegpete Jun 27, 15:43
- The real landlord is a very nice young guy. 26 years old and owns multiple properties in Brooklyn and Queens. He's going to help my friend move his - Krusty Jun 27, 15:14 7
  - where the hell is he going to go, he's out dposit money, the management issue is so cloudy it give the tennent good standing -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 27, 15:31
  - glad he is trying to be decent about it. -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 15:31
  - that's tremendously nice. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 27, 15:25 4
    - I talked with him for more than an hour. He's a very nice guy. He feels awful about the situation my friend is in. - Krusty Jun 27, 15:32 3
      - oh, I was wondering about your comment re: protecting himself. it's the repairs that are the thing? - b. Jun 27, 15:35 2
        
        He's selling the house. He buys property in low income neighborhoods, rehabs them and then sells them. He doesn't want to be a landlord for renters. -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 15:43 1
        
        ah. I can see that. -- nm - b. Jun 27, 15:46
- he called... wow. -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 15:13 4
  - that's....something -- nm - Remlik Jun 27, 15:22
  - I couldn't believe it. It's the one thing that my friend could laugh about today. -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 15:15 1
    - at least he saved everyone the trouble. -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 15:31
  - I am glad he did. And now he is arrested. This whole thing is terrible. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 27, 15:14
ouch. my best to your friend, and worst to the fake landlord -- nm - peglegpete Jun 27, 15:06
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that's horrible. what a nasty human being. I hope he gets locked up. Your poor friend. -- nm - loosilu Jun 27, 15:04

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