Sacramento Cops Probe Possible Rent Scam Involving Foreclosed Home In Gated Community

In Sacramento, California, The Sacramento Bee reports:

• Sacramento police are investigating a possible scam involving the rental of foreclosed homes to unsuspecting victims. [...] The home on Clubside Lane had been abandoned and bank owned for about two years, neighbors said,(1) but a couple moved in over the weekend.

• On the front window two signs were posted warning people, especially state and federal employees, against trespassing on the property and that the occupants have "the unalienable right to self-preservation right to repel force by force -- self defense -- justifiable homicide."

For more, see:

• Sacramento police suspect scam involving rental of foreclosed $1 million home,
• Bizarre signs come out as mystery pair move into upscale Sacramento neighborhood.

For story update (2-10-09), see Natomas Rental Fraud Brings Arrest Warrants.

(1) Reportedly, the 3,361-square-foot home sold in 2006 for $865,000, assessor's records show. Neighbors say the home has been on the market seven times since then and that the last owner moved out more than a year ago, has been vacant ever since, the report states. PhonyLandlordScamZeta