I got an email from this person yesterday.  Thought it looked a little like a scam and when I googled the email address, I saw this post!  I don't know if it is legit or not at this point, but 1 - no info on which property, 2 - no specific questions about the property, 3  - I have no listings under my personal name, 4 - the email address she sent it to me is my old address, not the one currently published on any websites and now 4 - you got the same request and you are in a totally different part of the country. 

Would be curious to see if any other Realtors find your post and comment that they received it too? 

Jenna

Hi All,

I just got this email this morning. I was going to just delete it, but I decided to see if I could find out more. So I did what Charles did and googled it as it was very odd and I got this blog note. I was just curious as what the scam was about.

Happy Independence Day!

April

Hello Charles,

I am from Williamsburg, VA and I just got this same e-mail today.  I was instantly confident it is a scam and figure that the phone number is a foreign type of "900 number" which would charge me some wild and crazy fee. 

I googled the message and got your blog, so thanks for being the clearinghouse for this scam info.  I send all best regards to you and your fellow CAAR associates.

Best wishes for a happy Independence Day.

Yours, Bobby Hornsby

This is what I found when I Googled 'country code 882'

**Telephones question: What country code is 882? Its not a country code, its used for satellite phones.
http://www.wiki.answers.com/Q/What_country_code_is_882**

Most likely when you return the call, your own number is captured and used to sell phone time to who knows whom in who knows where.

Chris

Received same email yesterday to my personal email address, which does not appear in any of my real estate listings.  Thought that I should try to find out more information and found your postings. My thanks to everyone for sharing and helping us to avoid this scam.  Wishing everyone a fun and safe 4th of July.

I just received this as well in the Seattle area.  Liz is all over the place it seems!

I do commercial real estate is Southern California and got the email today 7/2/09.  Like you, didn't look right and googled the number and wound up here.  Nothing like creative people in 3rd world countries finding ways to screw Americans.

Charles,

I received the same email this evening (7/3/09) and was suspicious. After googling, I found your site and subsequent posts. Liz Casey appears to be a very busy individual. Thank you for clearing up the "mystery".

Best Wishes,

Laura Perryman

Real Estate Direct, Pensacola FL

This international code is used primarily for satellite phones. Not sure curent rates, but the one I had charged me $4 per minute per call, and the INCOMING caller a $12 conect charge plus $4 per minute. I'm not sure how the person sending this out can profit here, unless they are set up as a vendor for satellite service, but since you would be calling them, it could be difficult to refute the charges.

This particular email came to an address for a mortgage company I manage, not my to real estate company, and the mortgage company has no listings, so obviously it is a blast email (sent to multiple addresses) and a scam.

I received same exact email today- a scam for sure-

thanks for the postings