No Phising Allowed Thanks To Active Rain

Nancy, I remember reading Jon's post so good for you for doing the research and not falling for it.  The email wouldn't work in our market as there are no homes in that price range!  ^_~

Good morning Nancy Laswick -

Thanks for the heads up.  So far we haven't seen this one but have hit the delete button on several others.  Have a grand day in and out of real estate.

It's becoming a popular ploy Nancy Laswick. Only the names have been changed to protect the phisherman! Sorry, phisherpersons! 

Good morning Nancy,

Phishing and spam and takes up too much of our time.

Make yourself a great day.

Hi Nancy -- I, among many others here, received this email as well.  Like you, I responded with a standard reply but there was no follow-up from Steven.  I also saw some other posts that mentioned "him" as well as the "fishnet" email.  

A time waster for sure.

Nancy - I am glad you checked. The email adress at the beginning was changing, but then more people got involved intothis money making business, and they already did not care about anything, colied and sent, so the same email is not widespread.

All we can do is be vigilant.

Nancy Laswick - This guy has written to me several times and he came through Active Rain.  Here is what he said to me:

You've received a contact message from your Contact Form on the ActiveRain network.

Subject: Potential Lead from ActiveRain 

Hello I am searching for new home for family of six and price range is from $850.000 to $1,000.000 and all cash buyer,also can you send me properties you have in that price range.Please i have problem with hearing on phone you can email me: fishnet002@hotmail  dot com Thank you, Steven

Like you, I also responded, but I also was lucky and didn't open the link on his second reply, which also asked me to take a look at what he liked, and he reminded me, no to call because of his hearing issues.   

What a scam artist and to use a disability to avoid our standard call and qualify process is not good.  So glad you posted about this guy too!

So glad you didn't get duped. Yes Jon's post put the word out loud and clear and so does yours. Pretty soon nobody in AR will be caught unaware. Maybe these scam artists will move on or fold up their tent.

Nancy Laswick 

Glad you investigated your suspicions and then hit delete. I had a similar email in the past, and just one the other day, NOT from AR, from someone who only wanted me to email because of a hearing impairment. Nothing in the email suggested legitimacy!

Glad those of us who run into issues like this put the word out so others are aware.

Jeff

Hi Nancy. I saw a similar email awhile back, but I also deleted, since I thought is it was a scam.

We had similar topics today, there is so much of this stuff going on, frustrating and that is why they created delete buttons for us.

That's incredible, Nancy.  It's amazing what these people can think of in order to phish, scam or hack.