Fish Property Management Group Reports & Reviews

Fish Property Management Group Reports & Reviews (1)

Victim Location 46221
Total money lost $1,000
Type of a scam Rental

I was looking for a home to rent when I saw a residence listed on homes for rent.com. $500 per month with a $500 deposit and $50 application fee. I contacted this individual and requested a walkthrough through the home and he claimed that it would be through Fish Property Management Group and because of Covid-19, they needed to have advanced notice when we wanted to do the walk through so we scheduled a date. In the meantime, he sent me the "application" which requested everything from name to SSN along with emergency contact names, addresses and phone numbers. I do not ever put my SSN on anything and this is exactly why. The guy tried to get me to use the cash app to pay the application fee but it would not go through. I talked to my bank which issued a Person to Person check sent with it's own link to obtain only the said amount but this individual could not figure out how to get the money from that either and eventually he suggested just a prepaid amazon egift card to be sent to [email protected] and I complied. Well on the walkthrough date I had to reschedule which he said was fine because I gave prior notice. I called Fish Property Management Group and asked if the address was indeed their listing and they told me yes it was. I included this guy's "name" Austin Buchner, but I suppose they did not pay close enough attention to the name I had given and thought I had verified that it was a legit deal. I was sent the first rental agreement. I even had an officer friend of mine take a look and it seemed legit all the bases covered and we were already celebrating my move. My apartment sent a letter stating a raise in rent and I thought we dodged a bullet. I had some emergency medical business to attend to so I apologized and stated that I needed to reschedule again but we had already decided after driving by the home and looking around and being familiar with the area that we'd take it. We had already seen pictures of the inside of the house and it was perfect. This guy had all of the same information as the actual property owner. He said that he would accept egift cards for the deposit and first month's rent and that as soon as we had moved in we had to provide him with our proof of renter's insurance as was stated in the lease agreement he sent. I had no objections. It came to our rescheduled walkthrough date and he claimed he had a medical emergency of his own to deal with and then said he would FedEx overnight ship me the hard copy of the lease agreement and the keys to begin moving in. I then received a text saying that he could not afford to pay the shipping cost but asked if I would get another gift card and that he would take it off the next months rent. I apologized but said I couldn't as I had already spent what I could while juggling my financial in-between but stated that I would be in the area visiting with family so I could either meet in person at the home or wherever he felt comfortable with my said friend or that we could agree upon a time and I would get it from the mailbox since he agreed to pick up the signed lease on the move-in date. He became very cross and demanding that I just send him the gift card but I held my ground and he became so frustrated he stopped communicating with me. The phone number he was using was no longer in service. And that's how I ended up being taken a fool for over $1000 and the actual Property Management Group took no responsibility for their part in not paying attention to the name I gave when I asked if they could help me verify the name and listing because they really only see it as $$$ too...not the people involved. I won't ever recommend the actual legitimate Property Management Group because of this experience.

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