Mar 5, 2017
A person claiming to have a house for sale in Florida. Claims he now lives in Pennsylvania; is trying to get my niece to buy a property from him, stating the house was his but is now being handled by the Phillip Worth Realtors but I could find nothing to verify anything he claims. He wanted my niece to send him 150.00 and only then would he would send a key to the house.
If house is in the hands of a legitimate realtor then the key should be able to be obtained from the real estate agency. Claims he was living in the home in Florida, prior to having to move to Pennsylvania, he claims his name is Mr & Mrs Montero Guzman Julian, he claims the property which belongs to him is located at 1859 Ector Rd in Jacksonville, FL 32211, but in my researching this possible scam, I found that the names on the property show that it is an estate sale by Edna L Kitchens and his name was not listed anywhere on the property per property appraiser's office, nor could I find ANY thing that remotely linked his name to Jacksonville, Florida or any other city, in doing a public search on his name as well as on the property, his telephone number, or the name of the realtor in my research; but instead, the property he claims is his, is listed with 4 names (seemingly family members-last name being Powell) as the ones who either co-own the property, or, are in charge of it. The suspicious ad - most likely a scam - was listed on Craigslist. If he were formerly a Florida resident living in the house he claims is his and has just moved to the state of Pennsylvania, I just wonder why the 401 area code for the telephone number he gave my niece, is in Rhode Island. Why would my niece need to send him 150.00 FIRST, in order to obtain a key to a house that he claims is now being handled by a so-called realtor. I just wanted to warn people of this suspicious character as he may be operating ANY where and in ANY state!