Re:221 Cannon Road Is Not for Sale
by teeray on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:52PM
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True, but you can still do a confused deputy attack. The fraudster hires a property manager, informs them that they would like to remove the sign because they wish the list the property for sale. Either that or they con a realtor they're working with into doing it. The unknowing realtor, eager for the commission, knows a guy who can take it down.
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For those like me who didn't know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confused_deputy_problem
There's always something that can happen in any scenario. Social engineering, hiring locals, deeper forms of identity theft, or worse. The possibilities never hit 0, they just become a lot less profitable (and a lot riskier) a scam to try to run.
Re:221 Cannon Road Is Not for Sale
by SOLAR_FIELDS on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @08:53PM
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Yes, locks aren’t there to prevent the determined thief. They are for the 99% of other opportunists that will move on to an easier target immediately when they see your lock is harder to defeat
Re:221 Cannon Road Is Not for Sale
by 1970-01-01 on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @02:21PM
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Who's paying for it? Are they working for free?
No, but paying someone $300 is cheap when you hope to get a check for several hundred thousand in a few months. (even if the scam is only to get the earnest money that is still a $300 investment for the final thousand or two you make - with very little work)
Re:221 Cannon Road Is Not for Sale
by margalabargala on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @05:07PM
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That's a lot of work plus money transfer paper trail for something like this.
Presumably the money trail leeds to the Caymon islands or other country where they won't assist investigation.
The realtor might pay for it or even do it themselves. It would take 5 minutes with a reciprocating saw. Or the scammer tells the realtor "never mind that" and the realtor tells the buyer.