crime alert: Scammer of Real Estate Agents Behind Bars
- 06/18/09 11:42 PM
This is a follow up to the Alert put out by the Columbia, SC MLS back on May 26 of this year. Agents and Homesellers Beware - A Real Estate Amber Alert A man was posing as a real estate buyer and then stealing money and credit cards from agents that tried to assist him in finding a home. The MLS was asking for information to be directed to the sheriff's department. Apparently it was, because an attorney, Tivis Sutherland wrote: "I am the attorney for two of James Young's victims. He is in the Kershaw County Detention Center. To contact (4 comments)
crime alert: Agents and Homesellers Beware - A Real Estate Amber Alert
- 05/26/09 02:21 AM
Put our by our Columbia, SC MLS today: "This is a very important alert! It has been brought to our attention that there is a Caucasian gentleman going by the name of James Wesley Young, he has brownish hair, is approximately 6 feet 3 inches in height & weighing 170lbs. He may be driving a Black Nissan Truck or a Black Toyota Car. He is posing as a buyer, stating he has cancer and will be paying for house with cash, he may also mention a sister & brother-in-law named Will and Kristi. Apparently, a few Realtors have been helping this man (9 comments)