Wednesday, July 08, 2009

The Daily Dirt - Warning to Realtors - Dial and Pay SCAM

Mile High Home Hunter Realty
07/2009 Vol 2, Issue 7.08

Dear Blog,

 
Michael Clarkson 
I wanted to send this email to those Realtors® on my email list as a warning.
 
Imagine my pleasant surprise!  I received the following email today as I started my work day:
 
Hi there,
 
I am interested in viewing one of your properties while on my holiday here, could you please call me on my overseas mobile +882 135 503 28 to setup a time. As I am travelling and unable to pickup emails regularly so please call.
 
Kind regards,
 
Elizabeth Casey
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Mobile: +882 135 503 28

 
How awesome!  Someone hit my website and wanted to see my listing! 
 
Oops! One problem: I recently started investing full time and committed to only working with referrals (prior clients) in my licensed capacity.  I had referred out all my internet leads to other brokers.
 
So, how did Elizabeth find me?
 
Well, I "Binged" (not cool to Google anymore) Elizabeth.  I found out that Elizabeth has been in nearly 200 markets coast to coast in the past 24 hours.  (Though I am not sure, she has been described as traveling with a jolly, fat man driving a sleigh and 8 reindeer.)
 
It sounds like a dial and pay scam in the vein of a "900 number" dial and pay. It's a paid toll service. (See here: http://area-codes.1keydata.com/area-codes-8.php#882  )
 
So, please beware of Elizabeth.  You have been warned.
 
One final thought: it's sad that our industry is perceived as so desperate that we would chase every lead like it's the last lead on earth.
 
This is exactly why I work by referral!
 
Michael Clarkson
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