the same thing has happened to me. i lost $400 from them pretending to sublet an apartment in alaska. but who do i report it too. i already called the attorney general and they cannot help

Odd----this guy is my current Landlord. Never had an issue in 3 years. happened to put him into google and this came up

I am suspect of this person's review. It is simply too vague.

Beware- this person is a cheater.

1] My dealing concerned a Craigslist rental in San Francisco.

2] He  claimed to be: Dr Douglas Mennin
e-mail- dmenninphd@gmail.com

Douglas Mennin is a assistant professor at Yale University, and I cannot imagine that Yale pays so little that it would need to engage in some shenanigan.

3] 1839 15th St is the address of the place I 'rented' in San Francisco.

4] His said he was gay and his boyfriend was:

Thomas Flanagan
Bank of America Account Number: 005310756480

The address he gave for this bank account was:
3623 N Broadway 1n
Chicago IL
60613

Thomas Flanagan is actually a notable Chicago figure http://www.securitiesarbitrationlawblog.com/?p=130 


5] He advertised a beautiful safe place in the Castro with this posting
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/sub/1063568790.html

6] the scam: He wanted two days of deposit ($80).  I can barely manage this being worth the effort of engaging in a scam.

7] it was a good move for "him" and his "partner" to claim to be academics. I work at a university and have found academics to be very trustworthy in comparison to the population at large. The matter concluded with this howlingly funny (minus the fact that I was ripped off) mail below, where he claims to be in Africa.  I only had good experiences from Craigslist thus far, I suppose there has to be a first time where I was to be cheated.

-----Original Message-----
From: DMENNIN [mailto:dmenninphd@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:52 PM
To: xxxxxxx, Kevin
Subject:

sorry for the delay....i was in africa with no email.
what do you want me to do with the keys? they were supposed to go out but my receptionist didnt.


-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Mennin [mailto:dmenninphd@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:29 PM
To: xxxxxxx, Kevin
Subject: for friday

Hi:

Sorry for the constant email attack, it's just that I will be very busy on Friday.

I just called my Bank of America, and they said policities on making deposits vary from branch to branch, but that they may ask you for the address on the account.

The address on this account is our Chicago address, not our Atlanta address. Thomas has an adjunct faculty position at the University of Chicago, and we still keep a residence there for various benefit reasons and such and we used this account to establish residences here.

I would normally not bore someone with this information, but they may ask you

in that case, the address is:

3623 N Broadway 1n
chicago il
60613

I think the person named "Shane" is a shill. He has posted two comments and they are the only two positive comments.

The person in possession of this phone number was told that my mother is a private investigator (insurance fraud investigator) and indeed she is and if you you were cheated by the person at this number and wish to pursue this matter legally and can provide suitable details (such as I have provided above) regarding your instance of fraud than I will bundle these matters together and take the case forward to the police. However this person is not Jack Madoff so in order to interest the police I/you will have to provide some suitably detailed information regarding the fraudulent transactions.  If you wish to you may contact me at the following e-mail address:

Kfrenzel@admin.usf.edu

Also a victim of the Thomas Flanagan Craigslist scam. I was duped into sending a check for a Washington, DC summer sublet. Mailed a security deposit to an address in Chicago (see below) and never heard back from the scammers.  I'm incredibly suspicious of the comments posted by "Shane," whose postings appear to be at odds with each other.  I would recommend contacting Kevin Frenzel (above - kfrenzel@admin.usf.edu) as well as your local authorities.


Here's some identifying information:

Name: THOMAS JOHN FLANAGAN, JR. (AKA: THOMAS FLANAGAN)

Email: thomasjflanagan@gmail.com

Phone Number: 774-200-6556

Address Where Check Was Sent:

Ace Tech Consultants
c/o Thomas J Flanagan
350 W Oakdale Suite 812
Chicago IL 60657