New B.C. deputy fire chief stumbles on apartment scam
The new deputy fire chief in Pitt Meadows has a warning out for residents – but it has nothing to do with fire safety.
A few days ago he saw an ad on Craigslist for an apartment for rent at the Origin apartment complex in Pitt Meadows. The person who sent the message, a “Lane Trust,” said he wanted to sell the apartment in Pitt Meadows, but his wife suggested they rent it out, “to a responsible person”. Warren filled it in with his name, address, marital status, number of children, and other general information.
Warren, again, thought that’s sort of weird. So, he asked for the unit number in the apartment building. Warren did fill out a form and send the information along with screen shots of all of his email correspondence to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. However, the agency notes that it does not conduction criminal investigations, but is a central repository for fraud data and provides support to law enforcement agencies by analyzing fraud data.