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Article
Courtesy of FOX 13 News
By Kimberly
Kuizon
Published April 4, 2016
SARASOTA (FOX 13) - The Savoy on Palm promises
breathtaking views of the water plus the downtown Sarasota night life, but a
recent scam has some wishing they'd stayed home instead.
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One such person, Laura
Glanz, and her family are from Iowa. They found an ad
listing a rental in the Savoy for $150 a night.
She spoke with FOX 13 News on the phone and said her family
couldn't wait for their vacation. At $150 a night, she said,
it seemed like a steal.
"Now that we think about it, it was way to good to be true,"
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She signed a rental contract, wired a payment for $1,560
dollars and flew her whole family down to Sarasota, only to discover she had
been scammed.
"It was terrible. It was such a feeling of betrayal. I had never experienced
anything like that before," she said.
The luxury condo she thought she was renting wasn't for rent at all. Savoy
does not allow its units to be rented. The unit Glanz thought her family
secured was actually occupied, full time, by a husband and wife.
The condo owner told FOX 13 News it's not the first time their condo has
been used as a front for a scam. He said, on two other occasions, someone
has appeared, expecting to check in, but realized they had been scammed.
One group was so embarrassed they didn't even report the event to officers.
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