William Coon Properties Agency
Complaint 57582 Details

  • Date Occurred: 12/01/2013
  • Reported Damages: $1,500.00
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The complaint is against an online dating profile

The complaint is a listing fraud posted on public forums or sites against an anonymous entity

The complaint is mobile text spam or smishing related against an anonymous entity

The company or person contact no longer exists

International boundaries

I was renting a room in the Washington, DC area. Joya Claire Sonnenfeldt asked me to wire 1500 to uncle William Coon in a Region's Bank account for first months rent and deposit. I was out of state so I couldn't go to the apartment to see it. She has a copy of my id. When I got there on 12/3/2011 it was a fraud.

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  • zoecole
  • zoecole SBID #ec16754459
  • Posted 01/14/2014
  • OMG!! I've been having conversations with this girl or person Joya Claire Sonnenfeldt about housing for rent in DC! She asked me to submit my ID which i did but nothing else because it did seem too good to be true. Its a good thing i thought so cause i was bout to be out of $1200! This person is a FRAUD do not use!
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  • crnazar
  • crnazar SBID #c5f2540f7f
  • Posted 02/15/2014
  • Zoe... if you still have copies of the conversations please send them to the Attorney General's office in Arkansas. The address is the following:

    Arkansas Attorney General's Office
    323 Center Street, Suite 200
    Little Rock, AR 72201
    Phone:(501) 682-2007
    Fax: (501) 682-8084
    URL: www.ag.state.ar.us
    Email: [email protected]

    Thanks!
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  • joesandhu
  • joesandhu SBID #a8826d0c1c
  • Posted 02/24/2014
  • hey....i was just talkin to this lady about a 1400 dollar apartment in brooklyn...she sent me a copy of her passport and lease agreement....is this a scam?
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  • crnazar
  • crnazar SBID #151bbfdc13
  • Posted 02/25/2014
  • Joesandhu, please do not send this person your ID or any money. This person is a scammer. He uses victims Id's and poses as them to do the same thing to other people and it is a continuous cycle. Joya Claire Sonnenfeldt is a real person, but she is not the one you are communicating with. She was a victim of identity theft. My guess is that the scammer has profiles in multiple cities and steals or uses fake pictures in real addresses or buildings to do this. The person refers to Jesus in the emails and uses alot of common jargon to get you hooked. He also mentions a story to make you "rent sight unseen"

    Please check the lease for the agency. If it matches this profile (as in name and address) from the Better Business Bureau: http://www.bbb.org/arkansas/business-reviews/business-services-general/william-coon-properties-agency-in-little-rock-ar-90270228

    then please file a complaint with them and the Attorney General in Arkanasas. The address is on the site. If you already sent your ID file a police report immediately because you may become victim of identity theft.

    Please be aware that this scammer is using multiple identities in multiple rental sites to scam people. Another thing one must be vigilant about is that the person doesn't use MoneyGram or Western Union... they are using U.S. banks for deposits which was what threw me off. The banks don't return the money because it was a wire transfer you initiated and there is no way to prove that it was fraudulent because the person on the other side doesn't answer. No online forum on rental scams mentions wire transfers with banks... because you think banks investigate, but they don't.

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  • joesandhu
  • joesandhu SBID #a8826d0c1c
  • Posted 02/25/2014
  • unfortunately, i already sent this person a scan of my drivers licence, but i did NOT sign the lease or send money. i let the ACTUAL owners of the apartment know that someone is using their apartments to scam people. Do you think i should approach the police and let them know that i sent my ID to this person?
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  • crnazar
  • crnazar SBID #151bbfdc13
  • Posted 02/26/2014
  • Hi Joesandhu, I think you should contact the police. It depends what police jurisdiction you are in and if they honor you sending a scan of your driver's license to a scammer constituting identity theft. It will become a case of ID theft (unless the scammer doesn't use it), because this person uses people's ids to catch other people. I filed police reports and contacted my banks as well as the DMV to tell them someone may use my ID number or a copy of my ID. I would also get an online identity protection such as Privacy Assist or Identity Guard. These peopel can open up bank accounts with a fake ID...sometimes they can do it in another state. Making the police report will help you in case someone gets scammed with your name and then you might get sued so you have proof that you were victim of ID theft.

    I would also send the lease to the Better Business Bureau and contact the Attorney General in Arkansas. The address is in a previous comment because there is an investigation against this person / (fake company). This way if they get caught this will limit your chances of being victim of ID theft.
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  • Complaints Filed: 1
  • Reported Damages: $1,500.00
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