Comments on: damn you, Justin Ghif

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:11:18 +0000

Its not a real person, or at least, the person who is doing this is not the person they are claiming to be. There is a “Breenda Sipe” on craigslist advertising properties that are to good to be true, like $600 for a 2 bedroom home in oahu, which is impossible. Google her name and it comes up with a bunch of other properties in other cities with the same picture listed in all of them. This smartcredit.com company should be reported to The Better Business Bureau http://www.bbb.org/complaints/file.html and The National Fraud Information Center: http://www.fraud.org

By: Finally… - Montyland

Finally… - Montyland — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:54:57 +0000

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By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:18:39 +0000

Sorry for yet another post, but I inquired about another gorgeous apt on Craiglist today only to receive an email identical to “Justin’s” reply about providing a credit score prior to a showing. Please be on the look out for a “Virginia Crimson” with a gmail account. Safe house hunting, y’all…

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:52:40 +0000

Thanks for this, y’all. I almost fell for the Seattle condo “Justin” Craiglisted this week.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:28:39 +0000

Yep, he’s on to Nashville now… what a creep!

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:01:36 +0000

Thanks from Washington DC! I too was envisioning my life in a new condo and wondering why Justin had not written back. I did not follow the link. I just sent the scores from a recent credit report. I knew the offer seemed too good to be true, but I wanted to have some faith in humanity (and Craiglist). silly me.

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:14:33 +0000

Did any of you actually have your identity taken from him? I was unfortunate and didn’t have his name provided so I couldn’t google it…The website seemed totally legit. I gave my credit card info, social sec. number, and I feel so had. I feel like an idiot. It was a great 10th floor condo in sw 6th on Craigslist. I’ve put a fraud alert in with equifax, experian, and transunion, and have left a message for my bank to stop the payments on the “smartcredit.com” website info…

I’ve even called the non-emergency phone police to file a report just to take preventative measures…man do I wish I saw this website before I did what I did…

By: lisa

lisa — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:29:10 +0000

Thank you so much, he listed a beautiful apartment in Portland, OR I almost fell for it… What a shame.

By: anson

anson — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:13:37 +0000

thanks!!! damn that scumbag!

By: Mary Sue

Mary Sue — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:18:23 +0000

Same thing happened to me, but in my reply email he just wanted my credit score, not the entire report. Explicitly said not to send the entire report because of the confidential info. I actually clicked on the link, filled out the info and got my credit score, stupid I know. But it was a legit site – the only catch being they automatically sign you up for a credit monitoring plan with a monthly fee. (I have a similar plan through my bank.) However, if you call within the “trial period” you can cancel. I called their 866 number and reached the company, spoke with a customer service agent who tried to get me to keep the plan but when I insisted I didn’t need two fraud detection plans, she canceled it for me and gave me a confirmation number and also sent a confirmation email. I don’t know what this guy may have gotten from me, but at least I have documentation to use against him if necessary. I certainly never responded to his reply!