Word: scammed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...caller reported a loss of $1,350 that occurred from an apartment rental scam on 20 Prescott Street. This report of larceny is just one in a slew of others made about rental scams in that location...
Seven new alleged victims have stepped forward in a real estate scam in which a former Harvard Extension School student has been accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from more than a dozen victims...
Vaghar’s alleged scam involved listing her Cambridge apartment for rent on Craigslist.org, convincing interested renters to pay her the first and last month’s rent, and then at the last minute making up sob stories to back out of the deal. The scam left victims struggling for months with a trail of excuses and bad checks in an effort to recuperate their money...
...This is an old scam, not very common on our site, maybe our active participation is the reason,” Newmark wrote in an e-mail...
While the exact structure of the alleged scam could not be confirmed, interviews suggested that most of the earlier victims of the plot, who first responded to the posting in July and planned to move in at the end of the summer, have been paid back, while many of the later victims have yet to be repaid in full, and some have not yet received any of their money...