The “phony landlord” scam happens every so often , but this time the impostor went as far as using the court system to protect his rights as a landlord. Last year, a tenant moved into her new digs in Baldwin, New York only to learn months later that the man to whom she was giving her rent money wasn’t the landlord after all. He was an impostor with no claim to the property, trying to make a quick buck off an unsuspecting victim in need of housing.
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An Old Rental Scam With a Bizarre Twist
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