Crime & Safety
Trenton Man Duped on Craigslist for More Than $300
The following information was supplied by the Trenton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A 19-year-old Trenton man reported someone stole more than $300 from him after responding to a listing on Craigslist.org for a rental property in Lincoln Park at about 6:30 p.m. April 17.
The man sent $310.50 via Western Union for a deposit on the rental house at about 9:30 a.m. April 17, according to a Trenton police report.
Later the same day the man drove to the rental house to find the house was listed for sale.
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The man contacted the renter who said owned the property, according to the same report.
Police said the phone number used to contact the renter appeared to originate in Nigeria.
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