Rob Basichis
3 min readJan 6, 2023

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THERE ARE SCAMMERS EVERYWHERE

I received a text from someone asking me if I could list houses on Facebook Market Place in different states for them. After I accepted the job I received another text stating fees and asking how I would like to get paid. The options were PayPal or a bank deposit. Acting cautiously I asked to be paid through my website. The third text was a rental listing that I was told to post in the Phoenix area, along with an email link as a point of contact. The cost of the rental seemed low, but the property looked to be in disarray, and I don’t know much about the Phoenix real estate market, so I went ahead and posted the listing.

Within a short time, my phone started blowing up with inquiries about the rental. Although I put the proper email link in and directed the searcher in bold letters to click on it for more information, I kept getting the bulk of the inquiries, so I sent the information to the person who contacted me to post the listing. He sent back a scathing text accusing me of not following instructions and how it was made clear that all directories go to the email he gave me. He asked me for a screenshot of the ad which I sent to him. It must have been clear that I posted the ad properly because within an hour I received another listing to post and a promise that after the second listing, I would receive $300. The amount seemed excessive and I was suspicious. I asked for his phone number because the text was…

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Rob Basichis

I have written for several years, starting out as a journalist for a small business construction newspaper. I went on to write extensively about rela estate.