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RedWeek Rental Warning (by Marty F):

josephv68 wrote:

About one month ago I used RedWeek to contact an owner about renting at Disney Beach Club Resort in Orlando. The next day I received an email from staff at RedWeek warning me that the rental offer was probably a fraud. I saw the add was removed. I am grateful that RedWeek monitors this but am curious to know how it came to RedWeeks attention that this was likely a bogus offer?

Hi Joseph,

We are sometimes alerted by members who feel uneasy about a reply they receive from their inquiry. We always want people to notify us if they feel something is suspicious. We have had scammers target certain resorts and post rental postings they obviously don't own. We try to shut them down as quickly as possible but sometimes they get their postings up and inquiries before we can delete their postings. We email everyone who has inquired about the posting and hopefully save them before they send the scammer any money. That's why we always highly recommend the use of an escrow company. A scammer won't agree to use an escrow company and it's the safest method of payment.

Thank you, Marty