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New York Story

This one really struck a chord with me. My wife and I rented an apartment in New York through Craigslist a few years ago. The accomodations were fantastic, and we couldn't have been more satisfied. But what happened to this local family will make me rethink ever booking accomodations thru an online ad again:

Heidi took this picture with her cameraphone when she arrived at the apartment that she thought that she had rented in New York:

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Here's a tighter shot from her cameraphone. Heidi says that the resident of the apartment targeted by this scammer had been visited by at least 15 people who had shown up, bags in hand, thinking they had rented the place.

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