| Dear Blog, |
 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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