A couple is fending off house hunters who flock to their door after seeing their $1.6 million home for sale for $10,200.
But Jamey and Lauren Bertram never put their five-bedroom, 5,300-square-foot home in Kansas City on the market.
Instead, it was a blatant scam on real estate site Zillow that took them almost a week to fix, while people were knocking on their door to take a look.
The scammer explained the place so low and crazy by making it seem like the owner was so rich that he could afford to practically give it away for charity.
A couple is fending off house hunters flocking to their door after seeing their $1.6 million home listed for $10,200 in a Zillow scam.
“I am selling my house because my family and I own many homes throughout the United States,” the scammer wrote.
‘Once a year we sell one or a few of our homes to first-time buyers for under $25,000. This is done to bless a family or individual in need, but also as a tax write-off for us.’
The house was only available to first-time buyers, it said, and strictly no real estate agent, lender, investor, wholesaler or lawyer needed to consult.
Excluding this list of savvy property buyers was probably because it was essential for the scam to work.
Buyers were asked to call ‘Mandi’ and then send $200 to the owner’s mother via an online banking app, which would, of course, be refunded.
Jamey and Lauren Bertram never put their five-bedroom, 5,300-square-foot home in Kansas City on the market, and they didn’t even know it until friends asked them if they were moving.
Jamey Bertram, senior vice president at the architecture and engineering firm Burns & McDonnell, said the couple had no idea until Wednesday when friends asked them if they were moving.
“We’ve spent the last three days trying to disconnect this person who has taken over my house online,” he told Kansas City Star.
‘I have not received any help from Zillow. They have stopped responding… It’s a disaster.
‘I’m a bit stuck here. People want to see the house. It’s just a complete scam.
Finally, Zillow’s home was snatched up over the weekend.