Dr. Lisa Donaldson AKA Loretta Donaldson Claimed to own a condo they were leasing out for $700 Jacksonville Florida
"She" posted on multiple sites that she was a Dr, working for the DOD and would be out of the state for 1-2 years. She also said she was originally going to sell the condo, but decided to rent it out instead. She claimed that she was originally going to work with a realtor, but decided to do it privately.
She requested various information including a picutre of my family, our personal/work numbers. After very little information given, she said we were "approved" and would send us a packet with the documents we would need to complete the application as well as to send $700 for the deposit, and $700 for the 1st months rent. I did a simple image reverse search on google and found the picutre she claimed to be her and her husband. It led me to this website.
Additionally, in her emails her English was VERY poor.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Stacey
Texas,United States
Wrong person
#3Consumer Comment
Wed, January 22, 2020
This person stole this information and is a scammer overseas. Common scam today. So you are reporting a person who probably does not even KNOW that their information is being used on multiple sites and gave money to someone you do not even know for a place that is not even available. Yep You got scammed by not by this woman.
Jim
Anaheim,California,
United States
Do You Always Slander People??
#3Consumer Comment
Tue, January 21, 2020
This is a REALLY common scam. However, the reality is that you don't know who this person was. They gave you the name of someone they found online, or on social media, used their name, and tried to scam you.
THEN, when you finally figure out this was a scam, you do a search and found a picture of someone who really wasn't the person who scammed you. The scammer was pretending to be her. They were an innocent to all of this, yet you dragged them through the mud here and slandered her.
Clearly this was a scam, but the person trying to scam you wasn't the person you linked a photo to. It isn't even the scammer's real name. That's why the scam works as well as it does.
In the future, you should avoid private party situations like this and focus more on using a realtor.