Interesting message today from a gentleman that said he was calling from J.P. Morgan Chase. He told me that he had a possible short sale listing for me, gave me the address and an extension for him at Chase.
I could not get his name from the message as I think his office is deep under the Pacific Ocean, judging from the quality of the message. The message was extremely garbled after he gave me the street address for the house, I couldn't understand the town/city. It sure didn't sound like any place I have ever heard of in Connecticut.
I listened to the message no less than 5 times, could not get his name or catch what he said was the town/city of the property, I could only get the phone number, his extension and the street address, plus his offer to give me a short sale listing.
The most interesting thing is.... I already have a house listed at this street address. And it is owned by a relocation company. There is no possible short sale involved here. Title has passed, it is a done deal with the relo company.
Curiosity did kill the cat, I called back the number he left and put in his direct extension. Of course it went to some woman who had no idea what I was talking about. I asked her to speak with the gentleman at this particular extension and was told there is no such extension in the loss mitigation department. And without a name, there was no information they could pull up. I also Googled the 800 number he called from. It is a toss up if the number is real or not, some say it is a Chase mortgage collection phone number, others say it is a scam. (Tomorrow. when I am back at the office I will dial the number that called my cell phone, I am not calling from my own phones in case it is some type of scam.)
Scam or not, I still can't figure it out. Anyone have any ideas here? Why me? Why a house that has been taken into inventory by a relo company? And if they have the street address correct but the state or town/city wrong, why me again? Why pull me out of a hat!?! I am not a rabbit.... Maybe it was the wrong hat, who knows?
Any thoughts? I am really mystified about this. And is Chase now calling agents with short sale listings? Or is this a case of mistaken identity. Very odd indeed.
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