Original Message:
Re: Renting A Timeshare To Someone From Another Country (by R P.):
This is the reknowned Nigerian scam. Don't ever send money that a renter or buyer requests to be part of the transaction. You'll never see that money again.
adahiscout wrote:I've had a couple of very strange potential renters from Africa. One wanted to have someone in the US who owed her money send it to me. I was to subtract my rental payment and send the balance to her travel agent. No amount had been agreed on. No specific location other than Florida. I suggested she just have the travel agent handle the whole thing and heard no more. Is this a scam? Don't see how she would profit but it was all very odd.Another person wanted to rent an apartment and asked me to tell her the cost for a year. She didn't indicate WHERE through, presumably, she was from Seattle before going to South Africa. Has anyone else encountered requests like there?