Group accused of squatting in DeKalb home says they were conned; homeowner relieved they’re gone

Showing a fake lease should be grounds for an arrest. Georgia needs to tighten up on the codes!🔥

If they were renting (mentioned a lease), you can't change the locks without the landlord's approval. Bad lie.

I’m glad the homeowner was able to get his home back.

This actually almost happened to my family. Someone posted a house for rent online and told us that they were lived out of town but owned investment properties in my city and could send all the leasing documents via email. Luckily I investigated further. It was scam. I found the owner of the house and they didn't even know their property was being advertised online.

Lying like a rug on the floor....

Now the poor guy has to clean up that mess. Well, at least he got his home back quick!

I went through something like that. I lost $5000 behind it. A guy said he was a realtor. Wrote up a rental lease. We got a house then. People showed up saying it was theirs. I left. I was scammed. So it does happen

There are scammers out here that actually scam people into leases in homes that are not theirs

I'm so glad he was able to get his home back.

I can’t believe all these people aren’t arrested for breaking and entertaining. If the squatters were conned they would be showing documents and messages to back that up.

My daughter got scammed just like this. A entire lease and everything. These scam artist are something else. She had all the proof that she wasn’t squatting by choice. Moved out of her apartment after paying 3500. We moved all her things into storage when we found out. The property management company advised us that they have a few folks who have been scammed. Just evil and played as a real estate broker. Be careful out there and if it doesn’t feel right, double and triple check but call the company directly.

Here in Florida rental scams are prevalent. Scammers claim that they are owners and some even show the property, collect money, and, present a lease. To get conned, lose money, and to get arrested would be devastating. To prevent this, always go online and check the Clerk of Court in your county in order to find the owner's name for that property BEFORE you contact anyone.

Glad this resolved so quickly.

How did he get his home back so fast!? That's amazing...and wonderful

I have heard of that kind of scam before, a scammer looks at a rental property online, presents a fake rental agreement to the victims, takes the rental money, then ghosts the victim when the actual property owner finds out. Shady 💩

I was sooo frustrated 🤬 for this man. I'm sooo happy he got justice ⚖️

The owner was wise to move quickly.

The scumbags should be ashamed.

This happened to me and my boyfriend. We rented a house from an ad in the newspaper and paid rent every month... Until the REAL owner showed up and asked why we were in his house. ( We moved out and the real owner bulldozed the entire house down.) The guy who RAN THE AD and rented us the house was the scammer. Not us, living in the house.

Some people are waaaaay too bold. I would never put myself or my children in that position.