"Warning! Fake client trying to lure agents to properties.
Industry leaders are cautioning agents working Toronto’s west end, warning them about a seemingly ideal client intent on luring them to vacant properties.
In Etobicoke, this individual is posing as a buyer and is targeting female agents, aiming to find them alone at a vacant property. The Toronto Real Estate Board released a member alert via its intranet, detailing the attempts made on at least five women in a single office.
The individual claims to be a doctor relocating from British Columbia, and is looking for an $800,000 home for his wife – a fellow doctor – and their two children.
The deception is a reminder of the tragic kidnapping and murder of a real estate agent in Arkansas. The man arrested for the crime said he targeted the agent “because she was just a woman that worked alone, a rich broker.”
News of the scam came to light when one female agent told her colleague that she received the same request from a similar buyer. That interaction, she said, turned sour and the buyer began harassing her with phone calls and rude text messages.
The agents looked further into the individual’s story, and found that no hospitals – whether downtown or in Etobicoke – were planning to hire a doctor by the name the individual provided. Read More"
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