DENVER, CO scammer working Sunnyside 'lease to own' 170K

[Tara G.]

There are a couple of houses posted today and they are scams.  

This is one of them.  I called the local office of the company (Waypoint Properties) on the title who assures me that this is ONLY for rent (NOT SALE) though their company.  

If you text the number on For Sale By Owner (Redfin directs you to do that), you will get a guy who insists he will only do a lease to own...he's out of state...just got relocated....needs a quick sale....  

He will even give you a lockbox code that works (which he gets by calling the rental company and then forwarding to YOU).  You can tour the house.  If you text, you'll get a response and eventually requests for your address, etc.  If you call, your call goes to a 'text mail service'.  He then calls you back and the reception is not good enough to hear- he then claims, 'bad reception'.  

Don't waste your time.   Just wanted to give a heads-up.  Apparently Redfin is a common vehicle for abuse (according to the rental company).