I was interested in the listing on craigslist and e-mailed the guy. I got a weird e-mail back with them asking me to sign up and pay for a credit report to bring to them when they met me and a link to josephvincentsapartments.com which has no information. I researched the credit company they asked me to use and found out that it is a known scam. I traced the phone number listed and found out it is a land line in New York. Why would a person in New York expect to meet me in Massachusetts to show a random apartment? There is also no office address.

E-mail copy:

Thank you for your interest in one of Joseph Vincent's rental properties.
At the moment, the listing that you are interested in is still available.
I am looking forward to meeting with you and assisting you with this rental.

If you are still interested and would like to make an appointment to go see the unit, please complete our rental application and score check.

Please obtain your credit score at the following link:

http://www.josephvincentapartments.com/credit

After you are finished with the score, please download, print, and fill out the rental application below.

http://www.josephvincentapartments.com/forms/

We thoroughly believe in our clients and will not do any background checks or ask about your rental history. However, we do require that you have a credit score of 500 or higher. So please bring a copy of your credit report with you when we meet to look at the property. Do not worry if you are below 500, as we do make exceptions to that rule. The system does not send us any other information other than a confirmation that you have submitted for a report.

Please, do not email me the copy, the system will send us a confirmation. Then just bring me a printed copy of the credit report as well as your application form to the showing. You can download the application form in the "forms" section on our website.

Also, unlike other properties:
-There are no security deposits or pet deposits.
-All of our properties are pet-friendly.
-There are no application fees.
-Since you are providing a copy of your credit, there is no credit check fee.

This property is very popular and we only have a few apartments left in this particular building so please act on this as fast as you can before it gets rented.

Hopefully I can walk you through the property within the next few days. Once you have the application filled out and a copy of your report done, please email me back to set up an appointment.

Regards,

Victor Pomelli
Senior Account Manager
Joseph Vincent Apartments
http://www.josephvincentapartments.com
[email protected]
(347) 559-4907