I posted an ad on Craigslist, for a roommate, and within an hour I recieved 2 replies. I opened the first one, she sounded pleasant enough. Wanted to know a lot of things about the room and what the rent was. She went on to tell me a little about her background. Education and such.
She is currently living in Amsterdam and is planning to come over to the US in May and wanted to secure a place to stay before she got here.
Ok, sounds fine.
Then I open the second email.
As I started to read it, my jaw dropped.
It was damn near a copy of the previous email. Just a few changes in background info.
I replied to the first one before opening the second. Luckily, I didn't give out any important info. Only prices and room size and basic shit.
Needless to say, I didn't reply to the second email and have no plans of replying to anymore that may follow.
I have never heard of this scam before, has anyone else?
