NYC......Eric Lee —fake listings?

[Veronica Taylor]

Hello

Has anyone had experience with an Eric Lee from Sowae corporation? His listings were mostly on nystatemls but have begun creeping up on all the other major sites.

One of the properties he listed is NOT for sale according to the owner and I suspect that to be the case for many others. 

His email auto responds with an automated message.

[Christine Gordon]

Quote from @Roi Azoulay:

This firm is known to advertise fake distressed properties all over NY and reach out the the actual owner w/attempt to get listing agreement, Unfortunately they are still active and keep doing this for many years and no other website/mls does anything about it. 

Watch out for the name Eric Lee as well as the company Sowae Corp and be careful not to do business with him or provide your personal information. As of today, May 19, 2024, he is advertising a single family house for sale in Rosedale (Queens), NY for $250k, while stating that it will be a short sale once a prospective buyer makes and offer that's accepted by the seller after providing proof of funds. I've received several call from prospective buyers asking for my help in seeing this home and stating that they sent him their personal documents after which their accounts were compromised. This listing is posted via NY State MLS #11234668 and shows up on Zillow as well as other online sites. I've reported it to MLS to have the listing permanently pulled as it's an erroneous/illegal listing.