Rental Scams

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Rental Scams (by Gary S.):

I wanted to let others > know of scam that is preying on the Timeshare rental business. > Someone from out of the US requests to rent a timeshare. Once > reserved, the party explains that his company will be paying for > the timeshare and the shipping of his belongings to the timeshare > location. The company sends you an additional $1000 or so to cover > these expenses. The customer requests that you send him the > overpayment. Of course his payment is a bad check but in the > meantime the owner has tied up his unit with a reservation for this > creep.