MIAMI – When John Sabina was in the market for a house rental he searched online listings and stumbled upon a great home in the Country Walk area of Miami-Dade County.
The supposed homeowner had moved to Scotland and said the monthly rental price was $1,400, utilities included.
Sabina contacted his sister Juliana Sabina Morejon who is a realtor with the Keller Williams-Coral Gables/Coconut Grove office.
WATCH THIS: Realtor talks about common signs of online rental listing scam"Well I was surprised and then I got worried because the person that called me quoted a completely different rental rate," explained Dubuc, "It was actually half of the rental rate.
The person Sabina was corresponding with wanted him to send money through a website called DepositProtection.com It's a service for landlords in England and Wales.