The fact that the seller has an attorney could just mean that two people are in on the scam.2.

Is this a ponzi scam?

I hate dealing with insurance companies because I don't understand their business and always feel like I am getting scammed.

It is certainly not a scam, and it works.

If this inquiry were happening in my market it would be a scam.

Problem is, he is easily taken advantage of by various internet scams.

Use a stock reply telling them the open house time.I have ignored obvious scams and on one occasion a previous tenant but if they are persistent you have to deal with it and I usually try to reply.

Most of the ones who are trying to scam you are pretty easy to sort out.

Honolulu is rift with real estate scams on both the tenant and the landlord side. 

PS--Oceanpointe was another company scamming millions of dollars from investors years ago.