@@TheSkete Exactly. I keep seeing all these comments regarding her being a crook. But this kind of thing happens everyday including people online selling property that doesn’t belong to them
@@Materialgirl_3 why you get contracts notarized by a bank especially if it's partial payments and I'll pay you the rest later Always get any kind of contract notarized for free at a bank. That lease doesn't mean "squat" unless it's notarized or has a witness
Honest question? Why can you just bust in their weapon in hand and asking them what they are doing breaking and entering in the home You own, Holding them at gunpoint until police arrive and have them arrested?
Everybody knows she’s black and she knows she will get favorable treatment. Take back your own home. Get friends and relatives and neighbors and have them watch you and record everything. Call the police and have them witness.
If the home owner is not the person named on the lease as the landlord, then the lease should be invalid. Anyone can type up a fake lease with a fake landlord name. This is ridiculous.
I'm not a lawyer, just speculating here, but I would assume the lease *is* invalid, but the problem is that the determination has to be made by an eviction court, not the police, and that this takes time and money. So (as with most potential court cases) parties try to avoid going to court, as with the $2000 offer to GTFO and the $8000 counteroffer. Why it is such a slow process when it comes to real estate, I have no idea. Our legal system is barely functional.
@@someguy6075 see and that's just it, it's slow and they know police won't do anything to them legally, so they squat a house and essentially hold it hostage for ransom, if they don't get the ransom money they get free home to live in, if they get the $ they move onto the search for the next place to hold hostage. These people are the scammers, the script about how they got scammed is just to avoid full responsibility and create a basis for sympathy, but it's just manipulation.
We’ve had this problem in Florida! Squatters are doing the same thing there. Our neighbor took out his gun, evicted him from the property, and they fled.🎉🎉🎉 Some crazy creepy people out there looking to scam.
It’s crazy how squatters have more legal rights than the actual owners do. A regular person would have been evicted so fast but not the freeloaders refusing to leave.
Recently there was a woman on the news who not only lost custody of her child conceived by rape the judge ordered her to pay child support to the rapist. Yeah go figure.
going to see a lot more of this.. eventually we'll have more houses empty then with people in them, whole a few people/corps will own 100,000s of houses. weird time to be alive.. end of empire, end of easy resources grabbed from elsewhere... end of bretton woods reserve currency for oil will be the last straw.. our currency will lose velocity and value
Sad part is if she has a lease then the name should be on the lease of the person who signed it..So for the Police to recognize that lease as legit then they should be fired….As far as the homeowners I’d take matters into my own hands…Esp if I have the proof and documents to prove my case…🤦🏽♂️
Now wait. You know better not to pay somebody can $3000 she never show the lease to the news report or to the home owner. False lease. I just paid a rental company in check so I can have a bank receipt. Plus talk to someone upfront as many times as I need plus check out reviews on the property and with management. That's is how it is done. Ahe lie now she feel sorry because it hit the news. She needs to find another place to go. So let the community as well as herself fine a place so these people can have they place back. Better yet the home owners can change the locks again so she can't get back in.
The first broadcast a few weeks ago the trespasser stated she paid $8,000 to move in now she saying it's $3,000 but wants the $8,000 to move out. Unbelievable, the government sucks regarding protection of homeowners.
@Survival Monkey it’s both parties, they’re the same it’s a duopoly that dgaf about you. Stop being partisan and divisive. Both parties let wallstreet crash the economy and steal people’s houses in 08 then bailed them out, they’re about to do the same thing next year.
she's putting up with what she wants to put up with!!! she hasn't got the real dangerous crew together and extract her up out of there!!!! and the police would be threatened to stay out of it because they had the chance to make it right!!!!!
Takes some nerve for the squatter to demand 8k to move out!! I'm fairly certain she didn't pay 3k cash to move in, conviently lost lease, where's her rent receipt? I cannot stand scammers I'd camp in front yard, minute that leaves house, change locks
@@darjohnston4222 If she signed a lease, I did lol. She's lying about everything. She changed those locks herself and moved in, and I'd bet this isn't her first time.
She knows what she is doing that is why she is refusing to get out or show her face on TV. A decent person does not take ownership of what is not theirs. When she says she wants to "work something out" it means she wants money. It's incredible that this is allowed. Lawmakers are failing working-class citizens continuously.
What a load of BS when you get scammed of us 3k you illegally sqaut and then demand 8k from the owner. This is by no means a victim this a classic scamster.
This happens in Mexico, Australia, Chile and Argentina as far as I know. My sister had the same happen to her back in Mexico. My sister had to pay a tenant to leave her house after going two years without paying rent
It doesnt make any sense. If you steal someones property whether big or small you should go to jail. "Squatters rights" is a big issue in the US and politicians are doing nothing about it.
That’s exactly my thought. If she isn’t a scammer, then she would’ve come out to tell her side immediately & named the person she says gave her the lease. It’s ridiculous!
I don't necessarily agree. I wouldn't want to be on camera they spin the story anyway they want to. However, in this case I don't believe the squatter at all. Shes more than likely done this before
@@biancadoss11 She laughed in their faces when they offered her 2000. She demanded 8000. That alone shows that she's not a victim of a scam, she's the scammer. I bet she didn't want to be on TV.
I was thinking the same thing then wanting $8000 to move out of a house she had no right to be in the first place nah she just squatting there, because if her story was true for one and she was actually paying them money for staying there they probably won't be so upset and what landlord change the locks on the property they already on
This is actually a thing. It happened in states like CA and NV. They would post on Craigslist and make fake leases and people would pay a deposit and thought they actually rented the home
When police pull over a car that's stolen, it's a felony stop, meaning they approach with guns drawn. Homes and cars are given similar protections under law, so if your property is stolen (car, house, etc). If should be treated the same. Just because this squatter was scammed doesn't give her the right to defraud the rightful owner.
Sounds to me like these people are the scammers. They were offered at least $2000 to leave which they didn’t even deserve then proceeded to basically try to extort money to tune of $8000. Sounds fishy to me. Perhaps they should be looked at more intensely. Might be doing this on a regular basis.
@@wanaraz Same here. I managed rental properties for years and had someone done that to me, I would have come in with the police, a locksmith, and a moving company to send her on her way. Cost of a locksmith and 2 Guys and a Truck would be worth every penny!
One time I had a friend of mine call me one day and told me she was homeless and needed help. Out of the goodness of my heart I let her move in she had her own room it was completely platonic but within a week she got up one morning and told me I had to move out because she was taking over my home that I actually owned. When I called the county to see what I'd have to do to get her out they told me it could take me months to get her out. But within an hour I moved her out and from that day to this I've never let another human being set foot inside of my home...
Thankfully she didn’t have mail coming to your address either. It’s a shame that we can’t even help out friends. I’m glad you were able to move her out.
I let a friends daughter (rent) a room in my home. After 3 months she still hadn't looked for/found a job. I packed her up THAT DAY and drove her back to her Mama. No discussion, no warning. The agreement was she would find a job pay rent, get on her feet and get her own place. She didn't even try. Bye bye loser.
A few hundred years ago some people came to someone’s land and made it their home, scammed races of people for free work, and created false documents proclaiming land to be rightfully theirs yet it’s considered a civil matter. That’s America!
You can choose whether or not to believe her, but the exact scam the squatter described is very common. If it's true, she neither broke in nor forged documents, and she and the owner are both victims of the scammer.
@@someguy6075 That doesn't give that freak the right to STEAL someone else's house that's CLEARLY in someone else's name! If that thing signed ANY lease then WHY LIE and say you can't contact the contractor?!?!?!? 🤨 PLUS, this story DOESN'T add up! In the last video the squatter claimed to have paid $8k! NOW, its $3k! And then had the nerve to demand $8k to move out!
@@marissa._ Do you not understand that the scammer sets up a fake front to present the lease and collect a deposit, and abandons it once they have they money? Also you said "contractor" and I think you meant "landlord". You clearly don't have the slightest clue how any of this works.
Something is really backward and wrong when the squatter and con artist calls the police on the OWNER for trying to come inside the house! If I were the owner, or the owner's neighbors, I would help her out by knocking on the doors and windows constantly, day and night. Make her life miserable.
@V. P. N I do know, I live on the South Side of Chicago. The squatter is an invader, she may not even be "from there." But the neighbors are "from there."
@V. P. N that.. is not a ghetto.. you apparently have never been to a ghetto before.. that is a well well kept, decent neighborhood. Just because they’re Black and Hispanic people, doesn’t mean they all live in the ghetto, you fool.
@@meganbrady280 When the police show up, explain you were just knocking on the door to borrow a cup of sugar. The squatter didn't answer so then you were knocking on the window. You need the sugar at 3 a.m. because your baby is starving.
This story magnifies why there are so many citizens so upset at our dysfunctional government. You can thank our politicians and lawyers for this kind of lawlessness. They don't care about the law-abiding citizens.
So you move into a house for a few thousand dollars and you never have to pay anyone anything else again? Now you know something isn't right about that. What did she think was going to happen when rent was due? They're not asking her the right questions or something. Was it too hard to prove who actually owned the house? The owner herself couldn't have gotten away with not having to prove the house was hers hiw could this woman? I keep hearing about this happening to people, this is not the first time, and l guarantee it won't be the last with t crooked laws like this. As it is transients are taking over people's store fronts in some places. They wouldn't just let anybody take over a politician's property. Some members of my church just went to look at some million dollar homes and got ran off, and that's no lie. I guarantee no one couldn't have just moved into one of those homes and nothing have been done. Yet just everyday tax payers doing the right thing get the shaft. Great laws people's, and all while they're staying in her home she better be paying her taxes and mortgage if there's one.
She's lying. She didn't pay no one a penny. These people's are being hustle. Moving into a place of mine. and see what happen. You're going to get your wig push back
By all means take back your property and get that person out but who says just because its a woman; she'll be wearing a wig?? What if she has naturally long auburn or blonde hair. What if she has curly and full black hair like her grandma Goldstein?? Just trying to point out that you shouldn't assume. I've seen squatters both White and Black and the black ones had natural hair and not a wig. Just saying...
@@wanaraz I had no idea she had been seen?? If so, I stand corrected. My bad. I live hundreds of miles away and didn't realize she has been publicly seen? What is a BT2000???
It was clear the “community leaders” were only interested in protecting the squatter, not the homeowner. They made sure they weren’t “thrown out in the street” and they even got the squatter some airtime. I guarantee they only got involved to make sure the homeowner didn’t get anyone else involved.
@@texassaxet4893 THEY NEED TO GET A LOCKSMITH, OPEN THE DOORS, THEN REMOVE ALL THE DOORS, LEAVING THE HOUSE WIDE OPEN. PEOPLE INSIDE WILL NOT REPLACE THE DOORS. THEY WILL LEAVE.
The owner has no obligation to “ work anything out” with her. THEY HAVE NO CONTRACT!!! What happens if the owner just busts the window out , goes in her OWN house, changes all the locks, has someone come in to protect the property and has all of the trespassers belongings MOVED OUT!? This is ridiculous
She couldn't move the other woman's belongings because they aren't her property, and forcing somebody to leave could venture into criminal territory as well (not quite sure what). That is considered a "self-help eviction" and it is illegal, even if someone has broken a lease, failed to honor an eviction order, or, like this woman, never had legal right to live there in the first place. Like it or not, the "squatter" has rights as well, and only a court order along with law enforcement has the authority to remove someone from a place they are living (legally or not) and they often must be given reasonable notice (usually 30 days). Rights are a thing that people have regardless of their behavior. Even criminals under arrest have rights. Without recognizing those rights this country would not be what it is.
It's real simple and uncomplicated. You break down the door of your house and physically take out any trespassers in YOUR home. That's how it's done. You don't go through the courts that complicate the matter. You have to take the bull by the horns.
@@franktorres633 Exactly! The trespasser will press assault charges on you and your next home will be the jail house. Then you'll have to post bond and hire a lawyer, and what if you're found guilty? It's a totally messed up situation.
All the neighbors should be protesting on the property . Take back your neighborhood . If it's happening to your neighbors . It could happen to you . " No justice , no peace " .
She Knew What She Was Doing Because She Changed The Locks. The Laws Need To Be Changed!! You Go Into The Home Without Permission or A Lease Signed By Current Owner Should Be Arrested Immediately.
Yes. But since noone has a video or proof of who changed the locks, that's the problem. Cameras on the outside of house and inside or even a cheap ring doorbell should be bought by everyone.
I change my locks even when i was in an apartment. i give that key to the office. i don't trust that someone changed the locks from the last resident. could be 20 copies of those keys walking around.
Nah I disagree because something is missing from this story. You only have 1 side. First was there not anyone checking on the house every few days. I mean you are in Chicago and if that would have occurred you could ha e seen moving trucks. Also there was no alarm on the house. This is major fishy. I believe what happened was this tenant stopped paying rent and now this women is claiming Squatter. Some people believe anything.
@@MentalPistol most landlords hire a property manager so tenant more than likely did pay someone. So like I stated it is to many things that don't make sense. A property gets listed, shown by someone that has a key, lease signed, moving trucks, locksmith, utilities turned on and the owner knows nothing. On the flip side if things happened as reported and this person is a squatter you could pull up at any house, condo, apartment, commercial building and do the exact same thing. People would do it everywhere. Like I said that is where the story breaksdown for me. Sounds like owner is going to start a gofundme
Whether she was scammed or not, it’s not the homeowner’s fault. She’s the one who fell for the scam. I thinks it’s insane that they are treating this as a civil matter. I’ve actually heard of this happening before.
Agreed. If she was scammed, that’s terrible, and law enforcement/the government should work to find the scammer and punish them. But that’s not the homeowners fault & she’s losing money and sanity dealing with this. She shouldn’t have changed the locks though; that’s simply not something someone who’s innocent does… if you’re scammed, you let the rightful owner know this and work to maybe try and buy the house from the owner selling it or ask if maybe they can workout a rental agreement. You don’t change the locks & refuse to pay rent.
@@earthandwind820 Actually, part of these types of scams is the scammer changing the locks and then creating phony rental agreements. Also, people who come to homes to change locks like this should make absolutely certain the home belongs to the person they’re changing the locks for. It’s like the only person who has no fault at all, the homeowner, is the only one paying consequences.
Just sad and scary that this happens to a homeowner. People don’t care what they take or do to other people. This squatter knows what she is doing. This story is not adding up.🧐
It’s not illegal to act in good faith. If someone steals your car and sells it, the person who bought the car doesn’t have to turn it back in if they bought on good faith
@@Jay-rg5mt Yes they do, its stolen property, prove ownership with a title. They still dont get to keep the car. The one whom has the lease, they need to sue, small claims court, the person they made the agreement with, and press criminal charges. The only person at a lose is the property owner.
But someone can get in a car and take a joy ride can get arrested but you take over someone's house and you get to stay ? . To the owners I hope you can find a good attorney to sue her and the city because it doesn't seem like they're trying hard enough to get her out , and she can hang it up about not being a bad person because she is!
They should also crackdown on these scams. I’ve been hearing about these online home scams. Did she give the people the number she called? She showed them a lease, who signed it, although bogus? So many unanswered questions. Wow!
@@lordkrythic6246 Execute the two women and child in the house? I bet you would volunteer to take on that responsibility, right Lord Krythic? 3 bullets to the brains of the two women and small child. Problem solved. Let someone else take care of the corpses. Imagine a society where you can execute anyone you want for anything. It's the utopia that Lord Krythic's been waiting for.
@@lordkrythic6246 These so-called squatters rights need to be abolished, just as the 2 Amendment should. We live in modern times, after all, and they do not fit in with the 21st century.
@@TheDarkDresser The United States is a system of checks and balances. The 2nd amendment is the ONLY check and balance to the government. How else do you suggest we overthrow Democrat Tyranny? And Leftist Rage? Sticks and stones? Unicorn farts? The world is not sunshine and rainbows; humans are evil. Governments are responsible for the worst atrocities in human history. You're brainwashed into hating your own rights. You really need to see that. People who're ignorant like this drive my anxiety through the roof, because I truly want to believe no one is willfully this ignorant. You're right about squatters, though.
@@lordkrythic6246 I thought in America, the citizens do not overthrow the government, but vote the government out. Your way sounds like anarchy and tyranny. Not all humans are evil, but you see the world through those lens which account for your worldview. I move through this world in good spirits, and do not believe I'm better than anyone, and even meet people who are in some ways better than I am. It's my responsibility to live a crime-free life and also peaceful one, even if it means walking away from conflicts, especially over trivial things. I dont walk the streets at 2 am, and I secure my home by not making it vulnerable to intruders, among other things. I don't want to live in the wild, wild west and believe that when you treat people with respect, even when you disagree with them, it goes a long way in promoting peace. My only concern are the mentally ill people who sometimes commit random crimes using guns, such as the Las Vegas mass shooter who killed 60 and injured hundreds; no gun could have saved those lives, since he shot them from a hotel window. The city/urban crimes are usually beefs that people have with each other, but again, I don't involve myself with crime and only associate with people who share my values. I don't understand your fear, anger and cynicism, even though I've had a very difficult life. A gun did not save that grandfather and his grandsons who recently were killed, using their own guns, including an AR-15, by a Texas escape convict. Also, more older white males are dying by suicide using their own gun, and having a gun in the home risk a child getting his/her hands on it and also it's often used in domestic violence incidents. Having a gun in the house or on a person, make them likely to reach for it in haste and regret it later, that is if they didn't use it to commit suicide.
The lady inside should go to jail for creating a fake lease. No renter moves in and changes the locks on the door. Thats the landlord responsibility. She is bouncing one home to another with a fake lease she created.
@@MzBrazilian87 i'm 14 and i know a lot about life rich ppl steel from poor so i think its ok she pay $3000 for the house she can move in its her house i'm going to be a lawyer so i watch a lot of law movies
@@DavidKen878 The original poster stated we need to start standing up for ourselves, and the most empowering way to do so is to be legally armed to defend yourself. I live in a state where, if I prove residency, I can walk into a store, pick out a firearm (including 'evil' semi-automatic rifles as well as large capacity magazines), submit to a background check, and when cleared, walk out--with my new firearm. Furthermore, I do not need a permit to carry in a holster or concealed carry. You do realize people besides felon gangsters CAN buy firearms, and walk around with them. I am guessing you are a mere subject of a liberal state where you cannot buy and own a firearm without jumping through a lot of hoops. If you look under an old account, culcun, there is one video I uploaded shooting my rifle. I do not carry that around, however, because I cannot conceal it easily.
This can happen to any homeowner. If a person presents a lease, you have to go to court. The only issue is you don't know the person's name to file against. If the homeowner gets her evicted, the squatters husband, sister or another relative can draw up another lease and move in. This can go on forever. They need to change the laws.
There should be a law that private two-party non-commercial leasing arrangements have to be registered with the county. That way if a squatter waves around a piece of paper they say is a lease, it has to be accompanied by a notarized certificate or the sheriff can put you out in the street.
This is a common con. A good real estate agent would have warned the owners to put someone in the house before putting it on the market. In addition, a good alarm system would have warned the owners of the break in. Professional squatters usually break in at night. The alarm would have allowed the owners to contact the police before she was able to move in and change the locks. Once the person has moved in with their fake lease there is nothing the police can do. Hopefully the owners will be better prepared for their next flip. I wish the reporter had gotten pictures of the squatters. I bet they have pulled this con before.
All facts. The squatter was probably keeping an eye on the house as the owners moved out for the best time to run her scam. Homeowners should not have to go to court for this type of robbery.
@@DarknessFalls29 Squatters have no shame. The squatter is actually using another old con to claim to be a victim. I wish the reporter had gotten pictures of the squatter. I bet she has done this before and ruined another person’s dream.
There’s nothing to work out. She needs to go. I’d like to see the owners get private security that will go in and physically remove these scammers out.
The squatter states she “leased the house and paid $3,000,” that’s probably a big lie and made up her own fake lease. Get out squatter! You should be ashamed!
Exactly, wouldn't she know who she paid the money to? Even if it was online, she would've had to provide identification and ssn. Their name would be in the headliner of the agreement.
I didn't get that impression at all. I know that if I'd just paid $3000 cash, rented a truck, placed utility deposits, and moved, I'd be struggling to start over if it turned out to be a scam and the person disappeared with my money. It's not unreasonable to ask for help, so she can move to a legitimate rental and the homeowner can take back possession of her home. For many, losing all their deposits, rent, and moving money can put them on the street.
@@SheilaR.08 Her story sounds like fake nonsense, especially with the homeowners offering her money to move out and her 'counteroffer' of $8k is proof that this is not her first rodeo doing things like this.
As someone who experienced something like this myself.. I can tell you I FELT VERY ALONE AND THEY HAD MORE RIGHTS THAN ME . PEOPLE LIKE THAT KNOW THE LAW AND WORK IT TO THERE ADVANTAGE. IF YOU CHECK THAT WOMAN OUT ITS PROBABLY NOT THE FIRST TIME SHE HAS DONE THIS I FEEL FOR THE HOME OWNER.
This is unbelievable. This is my biggest fear. Walk into your house and there’s a squatter in there n they refused to leave. Like how can she not be removed from the home?? Like they broke into somebody else’s property which is a crime yet nothing happened. Funny how she paid cash for the place and there’s no receipt and obviously no record from credit card or check.
What they're saying is basically any burglar can come in sit down and pretend that they lease any home they break into Good job to the people that wrote these laws you're highly intelligent & super logical thinkers way to leave as many loopholes open within the law
It’s unbelievable. I understand not wanting to put somebody out on the street but they obviously didn’t have a key in the first place so obviously there would be forced entry. Then they change the locks. Her story doesn’t make sense. You’re telling me it wasn’t shady that the person who “leased” you the home didn’t have a key? Cmon man.
@@ponygirlusa you walk in & call in a disorderly on the squatters or a domestic dispute I doubt you would get a “pink slip” over it or call it an abuse of service Especially if there is a heated conversation about it That’s a domestic dispute the moment voices get loud basicslly
This is possible. I bought a home and while I was moving in, a lady pulled in the driveway and said she supposed to be moving in here. I told her she must of been scam because I own this home. She said paid someone in cash and they gave her the 🔑 and a lease. I told her don't ever pay to for anything in cash always have a paper trail. She left and never came back. I'm glad I had family there when this happened, the way people are set up this could have went left.
Honestly as a renter you should do you due diligence and ask for proof of ownership. Still disgusting that people would take advantage of those that are vulnerable but its a harsh lesson to learn.
Good to see the Alderman willing to step in and help. These cases are outrageous in the harm they bring to the homeowners. Squatter gets their foot in the door and the homeowner is left to incur the stress and costs of dealing with the bureaucracy, and not to mention mortgage, property-taxes, insurance etc. Frequently by the time the matter is resolved the property has incurred 10s of thousands of dollars in damage. Got to be a better way.
If she was an honest person who had been scammed she would open a case with police and leave the property. She is doing none of that. Laws need to change that allow squatters more rights than homeowners.
I'm not in support of this lady but where should she go? Like once she leaves where does she go? If she truly gave someone her $3,000 dollars and it's just gone in the wind, where does she go? Homeless to the streets?
@@TheUglyEgo it is so wrong what she is doing. If she paid a scammer then she could lay a charge with police. She must know who it is. She can give the cops the details and that can investigate if she opens a case. She wants money from the owners. She is not honest the way she is carrying on. Why should the owners carry more cost? She is living there for free.
@@heathercloete7450 you said alot of words and none of them answered the question, where is she supposed to go? Laying a charge with the police doesn't get a roof over her head tonight. I'm talking about if what she is saying truly happened. She possibly gave someone her last 3K, where does she go tonight, tomorrow or how ever long it takes her to find a new place to rent. I don't know where you live but here where I live this is a pretty common scam. I'm not saying it's not terrible what's happening to the home owner because it 100% is.
I take calls for a utility company. Several homeowners have told me about having to deal with this. It's so weird. Basically, don't leave a house empty unless you have no choice. People will be moving in, vandalizing it, stealing wiring, or other things.
Get large males who work as security guards and have martial arts and firearms training, to bust into YOUR HOUSE. Then pay them to cohabitate til the idiots leave.
These kind of stories have been making headlines for about 15 years and still no lawmakers have done anything about it This is a criminal matter and should be dealt with accordingly. Why should a scam artist be allowed to just walk in and squat in someones home? Maybe they should move her into the governor's mansion and see how fast they act.
This has been happening for years now. As an agent in my state, I’ve encountered this a few times where locks were changed on foreclosed properties. The tenants have paid what seems to be the norm, $3000 and provided a lease. A couple showed me the lease and said the same thing, they cannot contact the landlord and only had a P.O. Box to send payments. They were very distraught and cooperative, and asked if allowed a few hours to remove their belongings.
Even though they can't afford an attorney they should still file papers and get in the eviction court line. She should also file a lawsuit. Even if they don't have a lawyer there are ways to file without one. I suggest they wait until a day they leave and change the locks back. When she calls the police tell them she has false documents and she should be arrested for fraud.
They should make it even harder for people that do this to get a place to live so that in the end they'll have to be forced to live under government assistance because they're non-trustworthy individual Not trustworthy means government regulation
That's the thing...they make sure that one adult is always squatting in the house. They said there was a woman & a man holding a child in the house. And they have already gone over that when the squatters first moved in and changed the locks...the owners were told by the police that they couldn't do anything because it was a "civil matter".
Well, it's international news, never-ending national or local. I'm over here in 🇨🇦 Canada, shocked at the audacity of the person holed up in that house. Did she think, even assuming she 'rented' a 'furnished house' that it would come complete with a full grocery stock, and fridge full--for this 'renter's ' convenience or what?!?! Gimme a break, lady. NOT YOUR HOUSE--IRREGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU GOT DUPED.
It’s even a big lie.Nobody duped her.She’s trying to use sense and collect money from the home owner.I don’t know why they can’t charge her and send her to jail.That’s burglary for God’s sake
Maybe you didn't watch the same video but the one I watched clearly said that the house was being prepared for sale and the owner was informed by a contractor of the situation. What part of that suggests there is furniture or a full fridge? People who create scam rental listings for property they don't own know how to make it look legitimate to their targets, and they go after property that is in transition.
This is happening a lot around the country. In some states if you are in possession of the home you get to stay till the original owner can go to court and prove it! I saw a case where a woman bought her first home and wasn’t living there yet as it needed renovations. People moved in, changed the locks and said they were Sovereign citizens and this was their home. It was months she was dealing with it and could not get them to leave. Sad that this can happen to good people and the police won’t do anything! If you have a title you can show that it belongs to you, the police need to remove the person squatting and the burden of proof belongs to them not the homeowner!!
The women should go to jail. They need to ask the women who gave their the lease and arrest them. If I was the owner I would never pay anybody to my own home. She needs to go to jail as well. How does anybody know she was not the one who made the lease up.
I will be reaching out to both local leaders to brainstorm the best legal process to end this madness. The homeowner does not owe the squatter ANYTHING. Let alone the time and energy trying to get her house back. I've said it once and will say it again...you never hear about a squatter holding on to a property owned by a judge.
Go to jail for trespassing and extortion since they're so worried that she doesn't have someplace else to go. Everyone has a family, find them kids family but you can't stay in my house rent free. I love kids but they gotta go
The squatters aren't dumb...they wouldn't have let the owner in...although the husband of the owner couple could have "pretended" to be an alderman. ...Actually not a bad idea!
@@spottheborgcat6523 because the homeowner was naive That person was a scam artist they knew to call the police first knowing how to abuse the law is the worst kind of criminal
While my rental property was on the market, I put furniture in it, stopped by often, kept lights on. It's sad that honest people have to think " what would a scammer do"?... I also have to say to anyone doing this sort of scamming, think twice, not every home owner will react to things this calmly.
It doesn’t matter to the scammer if you’re unkind to the person that they rented your house to. The scammer in this case has 3 victims; the renter and the home owners too.
How is it the owner of the homes fault that this occupier was scammed? The owner should legally be able to have the locks changed any time she wants and enter at anytime she wants.
If her story is true, I can see how this could occur. I was in Phoenix looking for a place to rent and I saw a reasonable listing on Craigslist. I called the number and was invited to the property to view it. The fake landlord gave me the lockbox code over the phone and allowed me to enter the property alone. Luckily, there were signs throughout the unit that said if the property was listed on Craigslist it was a scam. I immediately left and blocked the scammer. So these things do actually occur.
Okay lets say it happend why isnt she working with the owner . The owner seems like she would work something out .why is she refusing to talk to the owner.? If i got scammed i would definitely speak to the owner and involve the cops. I wouldnt just change the locks and ignore the owners and say ill eventually leave
@@rosiehernandez4194 ...because, the woman that's living in the house is a liar and has no intentions on paying rent or working things out with the REAL OWNER. The system is flawed in every area of activity in this country. It wouldn't surprise me if the woman stayed in the house until next year.
@@phillyjoejones5161 WRONG answer, Philly Joe! The squatter said she’d move out EVENTUALLY. So, let’s use my FML math. “I’ll get a promotion…EVENTUALLY.” Eventually = never. 😂😂
I was looking for a house to rent in toronto canada about 6 years ago. I found a deal online that was almost too good to be true I tried to go and look at the place. They told me they were temperarily out of the country I could pay them first and last months rent and they would send me they keys for the lock box on the door. I decided to go look at the place and I saw a for sale sign on the lawn. I called the agent and I asked them if they were renting the house and they said no. I told them someone was trying to rent out there house online and up until this point I though maybe I had helped someone else like me get ripped off, however I may have stopped a home owner from this nightmare!
This is possibly what happened in this case too, but I just think the woman is lying. But to think someone could steal the key out of the lock box make a copy then rent out someone else’s home unbeknownst to the owner is truly frightening.
I don't know if the people residing in the house are lying or not, but what I do know is that properties here in Houston, Texas have not only been leased, but also sold to individuals by scammers.
For $3k, she’s good for at least a few months. But once it was time for her to pay and she realized she couldn’t reach this person, bet she would’ve just kept on living there rent free, no questions asked. But I mean… who wouldn’t lol
It's all scam verbatim she paid nothing to nobody. Sounds good tho huh. Makes her sound like a true victim. That's American narcissism for you. That lady is the aggressor towards the home owner yet to the news n county she's a victim too.. I'm so tired of these worthless people. Tell that lady to get ahold of me. I'll remove that whole family for $209 dollars and a smile. The lady changed the locks. So why hasn't the owner called a locksmith? If they are honoring the fake lease then they gotta honor the actual deed aswell. Somebody here is not telling the whole story here or the homeowners and city officials are truly numb n dumb to reality.
When he said that squatters have more rights then the actual owner he was telling the truth. It's almost impossible to kick a person out once they and a few belongings are in your house. Be careful people
That broad in the house is definitely a bad person…whether she got scammed or not why does she have the right to now put someone else in a messed up situation because she didn’t do her due diligence? THATS why she’s a bad person.
She paid her rent and got a lease. She is not the problem, the scammers are. Maybe support her in transitioning to a valid lease. This would go easier. Squatters laws protect her.
@@tanyagivens4338 she is the problem. Once it was brought to her attention that she was in someone else's home illegally because of an illegal scam she should have got out of the woman's home. She's in the house so she knows she's supposed to be paying rent to someone and she's obviously not paying any money to anyone.....then she knows she's wrong and she's taking advantage of the situation. Any good person would leave the people's house. It's not the homeowners fault that she's out of her money they didn't get the money that's not their problem she should immediately leave the home. You don't even know if the stories she is telling is true about the scammers. She could be the scammer and presented this illegal document which we knows illegal because it's not from the homeowners. Her whole story could be made up and she purposely stole these people's home. And like I said if it's not made up she still at fault because she knows she's not supposed to be there she should immediately leave even if it means staying in a hotel. How can anyone agree with her when the homeowner said they offered her $2,000 to be able to find somewhere else to stay and she says no give me $8,000 although she claims to the news people she only paid 3,000 as a deposit to get into the house. Clearly she's the scam artist.
@@jennifersalinas716 Good point about the rent, she should be paying the homeowner rent, not trying to shake them down for 8000. She knows she has no business there
@@tanyagivens4338 Its not a valid lease, the scammer, if there indeed was one, is the problem, they had no authority to provide a lease on property they didnt own. Its not the homeowners responsibility to "transition" them into a valid lease. Squatters laws are an outrage, to think one can take over someone's property and the law protects THEM. I have heard of ppl going on vaca and come back to find squatters have taken over their house. Why dont you go on vaca and come home to find that, and we will see how you will react, you wont be yelling squatters rights then lol
This is a gross failure of the government. The Chicago business community should go public and advise people that they should not invest in Chicago real estate until the city and police protect property owners. It's shortsighted decisions like this that have far reaching consequences for the health of communities that desparetely need revitalization.
What about the homeowner responsibility of ensuring that their vacant property has an alarm and cameras while being rehabbed or for sale. People want to make money but can't afford $30 a month for wifi and a wifi alarm system that cost about $100 dollars from amazon with cameras, door and window sensors that you can take with you after you sale the propety and put in another property? This is not the government fault this is the homeowner fault of not alerting the government quick enough i.e the same minute that person came into their property illegally to resolve this matter! The Chicago business community should go public and educate people on how to protect their investment!
@Mr. Cosmetic If it belongs to me,I should NOT have to tell you ,"Hands Off". Saying its the owners fault,someone e stole from them,is "Crimnal Thinking". Criminals feel its the victims fault for not watching out for them. Criminals feel its their right to take what isn't theirs.
These people are unbelievable. They're punishing the owner not the person who they say scammed them. They need to get out now and if necessary removed by police.
There should be a squatters scam listing with the squatters picture, name, any relevant info. Post it on Facebook, hand out fliers or any way possible to alert people to these scams.
Um no she's lying about the lease and I'm sure there are some people you can call and pay cash to and she will be gone. No telling what destruction she is causing to the home and the poor child living through this.
Squatting laws are enraging. How they're allowed I'll never understand. It's the equivalent of walking up to someone.. snatching their baby out of their arms, then forcing them to go to court and get a DNA test to get their child back.
I had that happen. The woman destroyed my wood burning stove, my brand new furnace and my hot water heater in a matter of the six weeks that it took me to get her out of my house. She was a squatter. The house was condemned by me myself, because otherwise I couldn't evict her. Once it was condemned she had to leave. Of course then I had to deal with uncondemning my home, repairing my home and then taking a loss on the final sale because, even though I took the deadbeat to court, she was living in someone else's house at that time and up and vacated it and disappeared. So just keep in mind if you ever come across someone with the name of Janice Hannon, a greying red-haired woman. Cross to the other side of the street.
if they broke the law moving in why should they expect you to do a legal eviction instead of getting "thugs are us" to do it the quick way same day service.
Get this...here in Canada it's actually illegal to post the names of people who write bad cheques, as in a store by the cashier. Canada loves it's little criminals. I personally hate this cuntry and would leave if I had the $. Yes, cuntry.
We need her name, her parents names, address, social media accounts, photos and as much information about this thief/fraudster put out there for the public to know.
I had the same thing happen to me about 15 years ago in Portland. The squatters then over in the rest of their loser “friends” and there were campers on the property, people living under the house, and a total of around 15-20 people occupying the property. The police wouldn’t do anything, I took them to court only for them to never show and the judge extended the case 3 times. 3 times!!!! Then the city started to levy fines against me for violations while completely ignoring their own incompetence in righting this wrong. Eventually, I woke up one morning to read in the newspaper that the house had burned down due to these drugged ups fools falling asleep with candles burning. Luckily nobody died or I am sure that I would’ve been held responsible for that too. Insurance paid the replacement cost and insole the empty lot.
Sadly a tragic event transpired resulting in a fire, but it saved you the escalating legal costs and accruing violations and fines the squatters imposed.
Sometimes things like this you have to take the matters into your own hands seriously you need to lock them out or either cut every utility there is seriously
@@pitbull7885 They talked about this...cutting all utility and water lines...and it is actually illegal to do that...the owners would be arrested, believe it or not. Apparently some owners had done that in the past to legit renters when there was a dispute instead of going to court...so that is illegal. The owners have to take the squatters to court first to prove their lease is fake. Just can't do that, unfortunately.
You paid $3000 to move in.........allegedly. But who are you paying rent to on a monthly basis, if you can't contact the person who rented you the house? Your rent money should be going to the owners, until there is a resolution. HONESTLY, SQUATTERS ARE EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED OR WORSE!!!!!
She ain't paying nobody rent. She probably faked up the lease agreement herself. She didn't pay a deposit so anyone. She saw a vacant house, moved in and changed the locks. Shelley probably trash the property when they finally evict her as well.
@@marih3286 This is becoming too common! I certainly feel bad for the homeowners because they can't protect their property if someone presents a lease. The laws have to be changed!!!
She may not be a squatter. When I was looking for a rental, I almost got fooled by a scam like this. Somebody had posted pictures of a house that was for sale on a "for rent" website, and when I contacted them to see it, they gave me a key code and told me that they couldn't accompany me because they had recently moved out of state, but to go see it, and if I liked it, to contact them afterwards. I did end up liking it, A LOT. It was a great deal in an awesome neighborhood, and the supposed owners told me to send them my credit info and wire them the deposit at the same time, which I almost jumped on, but it was extremely weird to me, and it gave me pause. The only reason I stalled was because of that red flag, and sure enough, it turned out that the person I had contacted was in no way affiliated with the house or the homeowner. That's when I found out that it's a fairly common scam to watch out for when looking for a rental. If that's what happened to this renter, I feel terrible for both her and the homeowner. What a hard situation to find yourself in.
Here's the thing. Ownership information takes all of 3 minutes to search on the tax assessors website. The responsibility to make sure it's a valid agreement is between the two parties involved. If a renter is scammed by a fake landlord because they were careless that's not the homeowners fault. The squatter's story here has so many holes though. Not believable. At best, she accepted stolen property and is perpetuating the steal. She should be arrested. The homeowner should change the locks and move themselves and 20 of their closest friends in.
@@andromedaspark2241 She may have been in a desperate position and not done due diligence. I have a friend who was recently laid off and desperate for a job and she almost fell for a scam claiming to offer her a position. People get stressed and do not always do what they should. Doesn't excuse her demanding $8k or being so reluctant to settle things with the owner, but you can't always assume someone's motives.
Squatting should be turned into a felony once you go through the proper eviction court process the squatter should immediately be arrested at the courthouse and prosecuted for felony charges
People with uninhabited homes, GET AN ALARM SYSTEM THAT CALLS THE POLICE AND YOU!! The minute that a person breaks in the alarm company and yourself can call the police and it’s considered breaking and entering. No one should be able to get in your home and change the locks without you knowing.
Homeowners need to be protected from these scammers this could go on for years I've seen it before with no protection for the true homeowner. Something has to be done about this it's happening too often people are seeing this on UA-cam all over the place and doing it knowing they can't be stopped 😠
Google squatters rights, its very eye opening, went through this in a small town in Florida, judge through him out in 2 weeks, never let anyone stay on your property
if you own the house you should be able to kick in the door and physically remove any trespassers legally
Yup! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I agree
I would, legally or not.
I would've found out if that was legal the first day.
@@GoldenLady1007 Well, it's not, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. 🤷😁
She broke in, changed the locks, and is squatting. Period. She is a crook
...Or, it could've happened like she said. Someone set her up. Either way, it has to go through the eviction courts now.
@@TheSkete Exactly. I keep seeing all these comments regarding her being a crook. But this kind of thing happens everyday including people online selling property that doesn’t belong to them
@@Materialgirl_3 why you get contracts notarized by a bank especially if it's partial payments and I'll pay you the rest later
Always get any kind of contract notarized for free at a bank.
That lease doesn't mean "squat" unless it's notarized or has a witness
Honest question? Why can you just bust in their weapon in hand and asking them what they are doing breaking and entering in the home You own, Holding them at gunpoint until police arrive and have them arrested?
Everybody knows she’s black and she knows she will get favorable treatment.
Take back your own home. Get friends and relatives and neighbors and have them watch you and record everything.
Call the police and have them witness.
If the home owner is not the person named on the lease as the landlord, then the lease should be invalid. Anyone can type up a fake lease with a fake landlord name. This is ridiculous.
The said part is these rental scams happen alot. Especially in the tight real estate market
Unfortunately, the courts are backed up from a lack of funding so they will have to wait their turn to be heard legally.
I'm not a lawyer, just speculating here, but I would assume the lease *is* invalid, but the problem is that the determination has to be made by an eviction court, not the police, and that this takes time and money. So (as with most potential court cases) parties try to avoid going to court, as with the $2000 offer to GTFO and the $8000 counteroffer.
Why it is such a slow process when it comes to real estate, I have no idea. Our legal system is barely functional.
@@someguy6075 see and that's just it, it's slow and they know police won't do anything to them legally, so they squat a house and essentially hold it hostage for ransom, if they don't get the ransom money they get free home to live in, if they get the $ they move onto the search for the next place to hold hostage. These people are the scammers, the script about how they got scammed is just to avoid full responsibility and create a basis for sympathy, but it's just manipulation.
Exactly, shouldnt the ownerd name and signature be on it? And her bank acct since the supposed victim should be paying rent to her
Squatters should not even be allowed EVER!!!
Right
We’ve had this problem in Florida! Squatters are doing the same thing there. Our neighbor took out his gun, evicted him from the property, and they fled.🎉🎉🎉 Some crazy creepy people out there looking to scam.
It’s crazy how squatters have more legal rights than the actual owners do.
A regular person would have been evicted so fast but not the freeloaders refusing to leave.
Just like criminals have more rights than the people they violate
@@JoDo777 what is this country coming to? SMH
Recently there was a woman on the news who not only lost custody of her child conceived by rape the judge ordered her to pay child support to the rapist. Yeah go figure.
Why even spend on property just for someone to take it for free. This country punishes the working and middle class.
@@user-kr2ty9vk5n how are they punished?
She broke into someone's property, took it over, refuses to leave, and also wants you (the public) to know she's not a bad person.
going to see a lot more of this.. eventually we'll have more houses empty then with people in them, whole a few people/corps will own 100,000s of houses. weird time to be alive.. end of empire, end of easy resources grabbed from elsewhere... end of bretton woods reserve currency for oil will be the last straw.. our currency will lose velocity and value
she needs to go to jail
@Save 🇺🇸 you know what they call people who are against democracy? Fascists.. stay fit stay frosty ya'll
I wouldn’t have called the cops and taken all the doors off the hinges. Good luck living there with no doors.
@@Thisplaceisaprison3912 Yep.
How tf can the cops say, “oh she presented a lease.” When the actual HOMEOWNER said that it’s false documents?! How?!
Hint: cops don't care
Sad part is if she has a lease then the name should be on the lease of the person who signed it..So for the Police to recognize that lease as legit then they should be fired….As far as the homeowners I’d take matters into my own hands…Esp if I have the proof and documents to prove my case…🤦🏽♂️
@@Deddrong1 She'd be begging to leave my house.
@@annettep.1605 Exactly.!!…
anyone can print up or go to office depot and purchase a lease...I would of done the same😊
So she says she refuses to leave now, even though currently she isn't paying rent to anyone. Isn't that the definition of squatting?
Right she’s a squatter she stated that she couldn’t contact the alleged person that she gave $3k too
@@brandon7913 shes lying, she knows what to say to make herself the victim.
Now wait. You know better not to pay somebody can $3000 she never show the lease to the news report or to the home owner. False lease. I just paid a rental company in check so I can have a bank receipt. Plus talk to someone upfront as many times as I need plus check out reviews on the property and with management. That's is how it is done. Ahe lie now she feel sorry because it hit the news. She needs to find another place to go. So let the community as well as herself fine a place so these people can have they place back. Better yet the home owners can change the locks again so she can't get back in.
Who owns the house? Seems its still theirs. I'd charge back rent as well as a create a rent to high to meet.
How she taking it for free?
@@weareimmortalaskgod510 The lady talking is the owner.
The first broadcast a few weeks ago the trespasser stated she paid $8,000 to move in now she saying it's $3,000 but wants the $8,000 to move out. Unbelievable, the government sucks regarding protection of homeowners.
I THOUGHT I remembered her saying that!
🤨 That's what I hearrrrrrd....8K
When ppl lie.... it's lie after lie and more lies
Exactly. Even then my thought was 8k was way too much for
@@drinkwatereatmelons7048
Tell the truth & shame the devil
Yesssss, I thought she said $8,000.00 during the first time this was aired. This is crazy
What’s really scary about this story is that it’s easier to steal someone’s house than their purse or car.
@Survival Monkey it’s both parties, they’re the same it’s a duopoly that dgaf about you. Stop being partisan and divisive. Both parties let wallstreet crash the economy and steal people’s houses in 08 then bailed them out, they’re about to do the same thing next year.
BUT she can not leave...if she leaves it's gone
@@breakingames7772 Thats the point, the homeowners are evicting her so she should be finding another place to rent.
@Survival Monkey This has been going on for ages, nothing to do with politics....
As owners you gotta go ballistic on day 1 and treat it as breaking and entering.
Move in with her , give her hell. U have a right to live in your house.
Iam not from States. What would happen if owner comes at night with 5 ppl and through her out?
@@JoeSakichthey would probably be arrested
This is ridiculous, the homeowners shouldn’t have to put up with this insanity.
she's putting up with what she wants to put up with!!! she hasn't got the real dangerous crew together and extract her up out of there!!!! and the police would be threatened to stay out of it because they had the chance to make it right!!!!!
Mrs. Cruz isn’t obligated to work anything out! Showing up with the cops was the safest thing she could’ve done.
Yep!
I think the squatter called the popo.
Lol squatters rights
Takes some nerve for the squatter to demand 8k to move out!! I'm fairly certain she didn't pay 3k cash to move in, conviently lost lease, where's her rent receipt? I cannot stand scammers I'd camp in front yard, minute that leaves house, change locks
@@darjohnston4222 If she signed a lease, I did lol. She's lying about everything. She changed those locks herself and moved in, and I'd bet this isn't her first time.
She knows what she is doing that is why she is refusing to get out or show her face on TV. A decent person does not take ownership of what is not theirs. When she says she wants to "work something out" it means she wants money. It's incredible that this is allowed. Lawmakers are failing working-class citizens continuously.
Definitely. She's trying to scam them out of their property or money. Knew was a lie the moment she laughed at them offering her 2k.
@@poeticsilence047 Exactly!! Why should they have to offer her ANYTHING AT ALL!?!
Even had the gall to ask for $8k
extortion, plain and simple. if she showed her face on camera, what do you want to bet that someone would step forward and confirm prior bad acts....
@@klb2513 Definitely, if you were innocent you would have NO problem showing your face.
What a load of BS when you get scammed of us 3k you illegally sqaut and then demand 8k from the owner. This is by no means a victim this a classic scamster.
This couldn't happen nowhere else in the world but America. This person should be arrested and charged with burglary. How is this even possible 😳
This happens in Mexico, Australia, Chile and Argentina as far as I know. My sister had the same happen to her back in Mexico. My sister had to pay a tenant to leave her house after going two years without paying rent
It doesnt make any sense. If you steal someones property whether big or small you should go to jail. "Squatters rights" is a big issue in the US and politicians are doing nothing about it.
It happens in England too
It happens everywhere in the world
@@maridee4476 you beat me to it..I heard it's even worse for owners over there..
If what she said is true, why didn’t she come out in the open and tell the lady she was scammed?
It’s difficult to believe her claim.
That’s exactly my thought. If she isn’t a scammer, then she would’ve come out to tell her side immediately & named the person she says gave her the lease. It’s ridiculous!
I don't necessarily agree. I wouldn't want to be on camera they spin the story anyway they want to. However, in this case I don't believe the squatter at all. Shes more than likely done this before
@@biancadoss11 She laughed in their faces when they offered her 2000. She demanded 8000. That alone shows that she's not a victim of a scam, she's the scammer. I bet she didn't want to be on TV.
I was thinking the same thing then wanting $8000 to move out of a house she had no right to be in the first place nah she just squatting there, because if her story was true for one and she was actually paying them money for staying there they probably won't be so upset and what landlord change the locks on the property they already on
This is actually a thing. It happened in states like CA and NV. They would post on Craigslist and make fake leases and people would pay a deposit and thought they actually rented the home
Not a bad person but you try to blackmail 8k out of the rightful owners?! Yeah you're not a good person lady. Get out of their house!
exactly!
ASAP!
People feel they have a right to people property
I'm glad someone else caught that.
I dont believe that at all.... sounds like BS.....
I can’t even begin to tell you how angry this makes me!! That poor homeowner!
When police pull over a car that's stolen, it's a felony stop, meaning they approach with guns drawn. Homes and cars are given similar protections under law, so if your property is stolen (car, house, etc). If should be treated the same. Just because this squatter was scammed doesn't give her the right to defraud the rightful owner.
yup come into my house and ill pull a gun on them a squatter would be out the door in no time
Exactly
Sounds to me like these people are the scammers. They were offered at least $2000 to leave which they didn’t even deserve then proceeded to basically try to extort money to tune of $8000. Sounds fishy to me. Perhaps they should be looked at more intensely. Might be doing this on a regular basis.
@@CorinnaD Where is the lease document?
How were the owners offering a thousand dollars or more to the lady to help her move out but can't afford a lawyer?
There's nothing to work out. Get out it's not your house! She's a conartist plain and simple.
What happens in America if you were to drag her out of the house?
Correct. Let her go find the mystery person and sue them. As far I am concerned I am going in and tossing her out.
@@wanaraz Same here. I managed rental properties for years and had someone done that to me, I would have come in with the police, a locksmith, and a moving company to send her on her way. Cost of a locksmith and 2 Guys and a Truck would be worth every penny!
@@jacks4009 I'm not sure. However, if she was in my house I would find out.
@@jacks4009 By law or by her hair?
One time I had a friend of mine call me one day and told me she was homeless and needed help. Out of the goodness of my heart I let her move in she had her own room it was completely platonic but within a week she got up one morning and told me I had to move out because she was taking over my home that I actually owned. When I called the county to see what I'd have to do to get her out they told me it could take me months to get her out. But within an hour I moved her out and from that day to this I've never let another human being set foot inside of my home...
Yep. Once you get them it it’ll take an act of God to get them out.
Thankfully she didn’t have mail coming to your address either. It’s a shame that we can’t even help out friends. I’m glad you were able to move her out.
I let a friends daughter (rent) a room in my home. After 3 months she still hadn't looked for/found a job. I packed her up THAT DAY and drove her back to her Mama. No discussion, no warning. The agreement was she would find a job pay rent, get on her feet and get her own place. She didn't even try. Bye bye loser.
I hope you helped her through the WINDOW exit
You were very lucky
Breaking into someone’s place, scamming, and falsified documents yet somehow this is a civil matter. That’s insane
The police in Chicago are useless. So is the totally incompetent city government. But they accept all tax dollars.
A few hundred years ago some people came to someone’s land and made it their home, scammed races of people for free work, and created false documents proclaiming land to be rightfully theirs yet it’s considered a civil matter. That’s America!
You can choose whether or not to believe her, but the exact scam the squatter described is very common. If it's true, she neither broke in nor forged documents, and she and the owner are both victims of the scammer.
@@someguy6075
That doesn't give that freak the right to STEAL someone else's house that's CLEARLY in someone else's name!
If that thing signed ANY lease then WHY LIE and say you can't contact the contractor?!?!?!? 🤨
PLUS, this story DOESN'T add up! In the last video the squatter claimed to have paid $8k! NOW, its $3k! And then had the nerve to demand $8k to move out!
@@marissa._ Do you not understand that the scammer sets up a fake front to present the lease and collect a deposit, and abandons it once they have they money? Also you said "contractor" and I think you meant "landlord". You clearly don't have the slightest clue how any of this works.
These little houses are just adorable .
Something is really backward and wrong when the squatter and con artist calls the police on the OWNER for trying to come inside the house! If I were the owner, or the owner's neighbors, I would help her out by knocking on the doors and windows constantly, day and night. Make her life miserable.
@V. P. N I do know, I live on the South Side of Chicago. The squatter is an invader, she may not even be "from there." But the neighbors are "from there."
But then technically they could get in trouble for harassment
@V. P. N that.. is not a ghetto.. you apparently have never been to a ghetto before.. that is a well well kept, decent neighborhood. Just because they’re Black and Hispanic people, doesn’t mean they all live in the ghetto, you fool.
@@meganbrady280 When the police show up, explain you were just knocking on the door to borrow a cup of sugar. The squatter didn't answer so then you were knocking on the window. You need the sugar at 3 a.m. because your baby is starving.
Lol
This story magnifies why there are so many citizens so upset at our dysfunctional government. You can thank our politicians and lawyers for this kind of lawlessness. They don't care about the law-abiding citizens.
To be fair you can't predict every loophole. Just have to make laws stricter the more people misbehave.
You voted for them.
They don't care about NONE of you.
So you move into a house for a few thousand dollars and you never have to pay anyone anything else again?
Now you know something isn't right about that. What did she think was going to happen when rent was due?
They're not asking her the right questions or something. Was it too hard to prove who actually owned the house? The owner herself couldn't have gotten away with not having to prove the house was hers hiw could this woman? I keep hearing about this happening to people, this is not the first time, and l guarantee it won't be the last with t
crooked laws like this. As it is transients are taking over people's store fronts in some places. They wouldn't just let anybody take over
a politician's property. Some members of my church just went to look at some million dollar homes and got ran off, and that's no lie. I guarantee no one couldn't have just moved into one of those homes and nothing have been done. Yet just everyday tax payers doing the right thing get the shaft. Great laws people's, and all while they're staying in her home she better be paying her taxes and mortgage if there's one.
@@vaanipapadakis2226 There is nothing fair about this!!!!!!!
She's lying. She didn't pay no one a penny. These people's are being hustle. Moving into a place of mine. and see what happen. You're going to get your wig push back
Exactly!
Gypsy scam
By all means take back your property and get that person out but who says just because its a woman; she'll be wearing a wig?? What if she has naturally long auburn or blonde hair. What if she has curly and full black hair like her grandma Goldstein?? Just trying to point out that you shouldn't assume. I've seen squatters both White and Black and the black ones had natural hair and not a wig. Just saying...
@@heartstrings7814 She's black and it's a wig. She's a BT2000
@@wanaraz I had no idea she had been seen?? If so, I stand corrected. My bad. I live hundreds of miles away and didn't realize she has been publicly seen? What is a BT2000???
She needs to go to jail PERIOD!
If this happened to a cops house do you really think the police would say it’s a civil matter ?? Haha 😂
That reminds me of when cops kicked in a retired officers door and they paid for it.
@Attila’s son nothing much I think. They paid for his door lol. But if it were you or I… it would be a different story.
She'd better change those locks on her on property and call her brothers, not those ineffective community leaders.
seriously. the owner has every right to pull that family out by their hair.
It was clear the “community leaders” were only interested in protecting the squatter, not the homeowner. They made sure they weren’t “thrown out in the street” and they even got the squatter some airtime. I guarantee they only got involved to make sure the homeowner didn’t get anyone else involved.
@@texassaxet4893 THEY NEED TO GET A LOCKSMITH, OPEN THE DOORS, THEN REMOVE ALL THE DOORS, LEAVING THE HOUSE WIDE OPEN. PEOPLE INSIDE WILL NOT REPLACE THE DOORS. THEY WILL LEAVE.
exactly I would have done the same thing she did to me..break in and change the locks
@@daschundloverable hang on a minute that's kinda smart.....
The owner has no obligation to “ work anything out” with her. THEY HAVE NO CONTRACT!!! What happens if the owner just busts the window out , goes in her OWN house, changes all the locks, has someone come in to protect the property and has all of the trespassers belongings MOVED OUT!? This is ridiculous
@@305Alligator that's crazy 😧 makes no sense
She couldn't move the other woman's belongings because they aren't her property, and forcing somebody to leave could venture into criminal territory as well (not quite sure what). That is considered a "self-help eviction" and it is illegal, even if someone has broken a lease, failed to honor an eviction order, or, like this woman, never had legal right to live there in the first place. Like it or not, the "squatter" has rights as well, and only a court order along with law enforcement has the authority to remove someone from a place they are living (legally or not) and they often must be given reasonable notice (usually 30 days). Rights are a thing that people have regardless of their behavior. Even criminals under arrest have rights. Without recognizing those rights this country would not be what it is.
It's real simple and uncomplicated. You break down the door of your house and physically take out any trespassers in YOUR home. That's how it's done. You don't go through the courts that complicate the matter. You have to take the bull by the horns.
THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS.
This will only work in Texas.
And you end up in jail and probably loose your house,Unfortunately is not that easy.
@@franktorres633 Exactly! The trespasser will press assault charges on you and your next home will be the jail house. Then you'll have to post bond and hire a lawyer, and what if you're found guilty? It's a totally messed up situation.
The party behind the door could have a gun though!
All the neighbors should be protesting on the property . Take back your neighborhood . If it's happening to your neighbors . It could happen to you . " No justice , no peace " .
100% agree there should be more protesting for this!
There ya go...
EXACTLY! This is unacceptable!
She Knew What She Was Doing Because She Changed The Locks. The Laws Need To Be Changed!! You Go Into The Home Without Permission or A Lease Signed By Current Owner Should Be Arrested Immediately.
Yes. But since noone has a video or proof of who changed the locks, that's the problem. Cameras on the outside of house and inside or even a cheap ring doorbell should be bought by everyone.
This ☝🏾
@@dianecelento4974 It's clear the squatters the one who changed the locks when she has key access and the homeowner no longer does.
I change my locks even when i was in an apartment. i give that key to the office. i don't trust that someone changed the locks from the last resident. could be 20 copies of those keys walking around.
The reporter did an excellent job in reporting the facts! Kudos to her!
I disagree. She should have asked the squatter why she thought the homeowner should suffer over her falling for a scam.
Nah I disagree because something is missing from this story. You only have 1 side. First was there not anyone checking on the house every few days. I mean you are in Chicago and if that would have occurred you could ha e seen moving trucks. Also there was no alarm on the house. This is major fishy. I believe what happened was this tenant stopped paying rent and now this women is claiming Squatter. Some people believe anything.
I agree completely 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@@haroldblack1923 Why would the tenant then say that they say paid someone to be able to move in?
@@MentalPistol most landlords hire a property manager so tenant more than likely did pay someone. So like I stated it is to many things that don't make sense. A property gets listed, shown by someone that has a key, lease signed, moving trucks, locksmith, utilities turned on and the owner knows nothing. On the flip side if things happened as reported and this person is a squatter you could pull up at any house, condo, apartment, commercial building and do the exact same thing. People would do it everywhere. Like I said that is where the story breaksdown for me. Sounds like owner is going to start a gofundme
If she thought she had a legitimate lease, why did she change the locks?
Whether she was scammed or not, it’s not the homeowner’s fault. She’s the one who fell for the scam. I thinks it’s insane that they are treating this as a civil matter. I’ve actually heard of this happening before.
Exactly! The squatter should've done her due diligence.
People are saying they're doing this with AirBNB's rent online and don't leave at the end of the rental. The homeowner has to go through the courts.
@@boxesbinslidsllc For real? To me, if someone falls for a scam, they are the ones who should have to deal with the repercussions.
Agreed. If she was scammed, that’s terrible, and law enforcement/the government should work to find the scammer and punish them. But that’s not the homeowners fault & she’s losing money and sanity dealing with this.
She shouldn’t have changed the locks though; that’s simply not something someone who’s innocent does… if you’re scammed, you let the rightful owner know this and work to maybe try and buy the house from the owner selling it or ask if maybe they can workout a rental agreement. You don’t change the locks & refuse to pay rent.
@@earthandwind820 Actually, part of these types of scams is the scammer changing the locks and then creating phony rental agreements. Also, people who come to homes to change locks like this should make absolutely certain the home belongs to the person they’re changing the locks for. It’s like the only person who has no fault at all, the homeowner, is the only one paying consequences.
Just sad and scary that this happens to a homeowner. People don’t care what they take or do to other people. This squatter knows what she is doing. This story is not adding up.🧐
The lease wasn't with the owner. It isn't a legal document. Isn't there laws against accepting stolen property?
It’s not illegal to act in good faith. If someone steals your car and sells it, the person who bought the car doesn’t have to turn it back in if they bought on good faith
@@Jay-rg5mt Yes they do, its stolen property, prove ownership with a title. They still dont get to keep the car. The one whom has the lease, they need to sue, small claims court, the person they made the agreement with, and press criminal charges.
The only person at a lose is the property owner.
But someone can get in a car and take a joy ride can get arrested but you take over someone's house and you get to stay ? . To the owners I hope you can find a good attorney to sue her and the city because it doesn't seem like they're trying hard enough to get her out , and she can hang it up about not being a bad person because she is!
@@Jay-rg5mt You’re lying.
Yes, they do. You don’t get to just keep stolen merchandise just because you state that you bought it “in good faith.”
@@webcomment8895 right..jay is tripping..
They should also crackdown on these scams. I’ve been hearing about these online home scams. Did she give the people the number she called? She showed them a lease, who signed it, although bogus? So many unanswered questions. Wow!
More must be done to protect property owners!
It's called the 2nd amendment.
@@lordkrythic6246 Execute the two women and child in the house? I bet you would volunteer to take on that responsibility, right Lord Krythic? 3 bullets to the brains of the two women and small child. Problem solved. Let someone else take care of the corpses. Imagine a society where you can execute anyone you want for anything. It's the utopia that Lord Krythic's been waiting for.
@@lordkrythic6246
These so-called squatters rights need to be abolished, just as the 2 Amendment should. We live in modern times, after all, and they do not fit in with the 21st century.
@@TheDarkDresser
The United States is a system of checks and balances. The 2nd amendment is the ONLY check and balance to the government. How else do you suggest we overthrow Democrat Tyranny? And Leftist Rage? Sticks and stones? Unicorn farts? The world is not sunshine and rainbows; humans are evil. Governments are responsible for the worst atrocities in human history. You're brainwashed into hating your own rights. You really need to see that. People who're ignorant like this drive my anxiety through the roof, because I truly want to believe no one is willfully this ignorant.
You're right about squatters, though.
@@lordkrythic6246
I thought in America, the citizens do not overthrow the government, but vote the government out. Your way sounds like anarchy and tyranny.
Not all humans are evil, but you see the world through those lens which account for your worldview. I move through this world in good spirits, and do not believe I'm better than anyone, and even meet people who are in some ways better than I am.
It's my responsibility to live a crime-free life and also peaceful one, even if it means walking away from conflicts, especially over trivial things. I dont walk the streets at 2 am, and I secure my home by not making it vulnerable to intruders, among other things.
I don't want to live in the wild, wild west and believe that when you treat people with respect, even when you disagree with them, it goes a long way in promoting peace. My only concern are the mentally ill people who sometimes commit random crimes using guns, such as the Las Vegas mass shooter who killed 60 and injured hundreds; no gun could have saved those lives, since he shot them from a hotel window.
The city/urban crimes are usually beefs that people have with each other, but again, I don't involve myself with crime and only associate with people who share my values.
I don't understand your fear, anger and cynicism, even though I've had a very difficult life.
A gun did not save that grandfather and his grandsons who recently were killed, using their own guns, including an AR-15, by a Texas escape convict.
Also, more older white males are dying by suicide using their own gun, and having a gun in the home risk a child getting his/her hands on it and also it's often used in domestic violence incidents. Having a gun in the house or on a person, make them likely to reach for it in haste and regret it later, that is if they didn't use it to commit suicide.
The lady inside should go to jail for creating a fake lease. No renter moves in and changes the locks on the door. Thats the landlord responsibility. She is bouncing one home to another with a fake lease she created.
It would have been the fake landlord that would have changed the locks and then given her keys for the new locks.
Exactly 💯
She saw a opportunity. Everybody knows what's going on. She's lying lying lying
When she countered with $8000.00, I knew she was lying. This isn't her first rodeo.
Exactly.
When news crews first spoke to her (squatter) she said she paid $8000 to move in. This liar is a professional 🫠
Of course she lying
@@MzBrazilian87 i'm 14 and i know a lot about life rich ppl steel from poor so i think its ok she pay $3000 for the house she can move in its her house i'm going to be a lawyer so i watch a lot of law movies
Paying Tenants don’t change the locks and $8000 deposit for a house like that isn’t normal. This woman is lying.
People need to start standing up for themselves, the law is all about money now and if you don't have it you aren't getting justice.
its always been about money.
For self-defense I carry my pistol wherever I go.
@@culcune What does this have to do with self-defense? I highly doubt you have a pistol.
@@DavidKen878 The original poster stated we need to start standing up for ourselves, and the most empowering way to do so is to be legally armed to defend yourself. I live in a state where, if I prove residency, I can walk into a store, pick out a firearm (including 'evil' semi-automatic rifles as well as large capacity magazines), submit to a background check, and when cleared, walk out--with my new firearm. Furthermore, I do not need a permit to carry in a holster or concealed carry. You do realize people besides felon gangsters CAN buy firearms, and walk around with them. I am guessing you are a mere subject of a liberal state where you cannot buy and own a firearm without jumping through a lot of hoops. If you look under an old account, culcun, there is one video I uploaded shooting my rifle. I do not carry that around, however, because I cannot conceal it easily.
@@culcune She meant standing up for yourself regarding the law.
This can happen to any homeowner. If a person presents a lease, you have to go to court. The only issue is you don't know the person's name to file against. If the homeowner gets her evicted, the squatters husband, sister or another relative can draw up another lease and move in. This can go on forever. They need to change the laws.
Pretty much.
But it’s not they’re house to it doesn’t matter if they present a lease or not. Squatters should have no rights
There should be a law that private two-party non-commercial leasing arrangements have to be registered with the county. That way if a squatter waves around a piece of paper they say is a lease, it has to be accompanied by a notarized certificate or the sheriff can put you out in the street.
Who has she been paying rent to?
@@bayyinahzhaxx7620 now ain’t that an excellent question!
This is a common con. A good real estate agent would have warned the owners to put someone in the house before putting it on the market. In addition, a good alarm system would have warned the owners of the break in. Professional squatters usually break in at night. The alarm would have allowed the owners to contact the police before she was able to move in and change the locks. Once the person has moved in with their fake lease there is nothing the police can do. Hopefully the owners will be better prepared for their next flip. I wish the reporter had gotten pictures of the squatters. I bet they have pulled this con before.
All facts. The squatter was probably keeping an eye on the house as the owners moved out for the best time to run her scam. Homeowners should not have to go to court for this type of robbery.
I was thinking don't these owners have alarm systems and a ring or surveillance cameras? Problem solved! It's still unfair though
Exactly!!
@@DarknessFalls29 Squatters have no shame. The squatter is actually using another old con to claim to be a victim. I wish the reporter had gotten pictures of the squatter. I bet she has done this before and ruined another person’s dream.
@@DarknessFalls29 The house was on the market, all they had to do was browse the for sale properties on any of the MLS listings.
There’s nothing to work out. She needs to go. I’d like to see the owners get private security that will go in and physically remove these scammers out.
Yeah. Force can be an amazing incentive to this trash.
The squatter states she “leased the house and paid $3,000,” that’s probably a big lie and made up her own fake lease. Get out squatter! You should be ashamed!
Exactly, wouldn't she know who she paid the money to? Even if it was online, she would've had to provide identification and ssn. Their name would be in the headliner of the agreement.
And arrested!
@@suzanneweary9739 not only that, but who cashed the checks, or which account did it go into? It’s a simple paper trail!
Absolutely love how This squatter believes she is entitled to everybody paying her way.And the police don't do anything really sickening on their part
I didn't get that impression at all. I know that if I'd just paid $3000 cash, rented a truck, placed utility deposits, and moved, I'd be struggling to start over if it turned out to be a scam and the person disappeared with my money. It's not unreasonable to ask for help, so she can move to a legitimate rental and the homeowner can take back possession of her home. For many, losing all their deposits, rent, and moving money can put them on the street.
@@SheilaR.08 Her story sounds like fake nonsense, especially with the homeowners offering her money to move out and her 'counteroffer' of $8k is proof that this is not her first rodeo doing things like this.
As someone who experienced something like this myself.. I can tell you I FELT VERY ALONE AND THEY HAD MORE RIGHTS THAN ME . PEOPLE LIKE THAT KNOW THE LAW AND WORK IT TO THERE ADVANTAGE. IF YOU CHECK THAT WOMAN OUT ITS PROBABLY NOT THE FIRST TIME SHE HAS DONE THIS I FEEL FOR THE HOME OWNER.
@@SheilaR.08 she's lying all squatters say that anyone with dignity and morals would leave it's not her home
This is unbelievable. This is my biggest fear. Walk into your house and there’s a squatter in there n they refused to leave. Like how can she not be removed from the home?? Like they broke into somebody else’s property which is a crime yet nothing happened. Funny how she paid cash for the place and there’s no receipt and obviously no record from credit card or check.
What they're saying is basically any burglar can come in sit down and pretend that they lease any home they break into
Good job to the people that wrote these laws you're highly intelligent & super logical thinkers way to leave as many loopholes open within the law
You "encourage" them to leave before bothering cops with your "civil" matter.
It’s unbelievable. I understand not wanting to put somebody out on the street but they obviously didn’t have a key in the first place so obviously there would be forced entry. Then they change the locks. Her story doesn’t make sense. You’re telling me it wasn’t shady that the person who “leased” you the home didn’t have a key? Cmon man.
@@ponygirlusa you walk in & call in a disorderly on the squatters or a domestic dispute
I doubt you would get a “pink slip” over it or call it an abuse of service
Especially if there is a heated conversation about it
That’s a domestic dispute the moment voices get loud basicslly
Very convenient
I wounder what the police would do if that happened to one of them
This is possible. I bought a home and while I was moving in, a lady pulled in the driveway and said she supposed to be moving in here. I told her she must of been scam because I own this home. She said paid someone in cash and they gave her the 🔑 and a lease. I told her don't ever pay to for anything in cash always have a paper trail. She left and never came back. I'm glad I had family there when this happened, the way people are set up this could have went left.
Honestly as a renter you should do you due diligence and ask for proof of ownership. Still disgusting that people would take advantage of those that are vulnerable but its a harsh lesson to learn.
Someone said that in another interview she said she paid $8000 upfront so I think she’s just lying.
How is this STILL going on!! The homeowner gets screwed everytime 🤦🏻♀️
Good to see the Alderman willing to step in and help. These cases are outrageous in the harm they bring to the homeowners. Squatter gets their foot in the door and the homeowner is left to incur the stress and costs of dealing with the bureaucracy, and not to mention mortgage, property-taxes, insurance etc. Frequently by the time the matter is resolved the property has incurred 10s of thousands of dollars in damage. Got to be a better way.
Is that his last name or a title? What does he do?
she don't know how to gangster up on her!!!!
she don't know how to gangster up on her!!!!
@@susanfudge1737 Alderman = Councilman in some cities.
A well placed 40 and not a squatter anymore. Then their a dirt nap taker.
That woman in the house is a scammer, imo.
If she was an honest person who had been scammed she would open a case with police and leave the property. She is doing none of that. Laws need to change that allow squatters more rights than homeowners.
I agree … I’d be mortified … she is probably the scammer
She's likely a professional squatter. I watched a clip of one in florida who stayed in the house close to a year.
I'm not in support of this lady but where should she go? Like once she leaves where does she go? If she truly gave someone her $3,000 dollars and it's just gone in the wind, where does she go? Homeless to the streets?
@@TheUglyEgo it is so wrong what she is doing. If she paid a scammer then she could lay a charge with police. She must know who it is. She can give the cops the details and that can investigate if she opens a case. She wants money from the owners. She is not honest the way she is carrying on. Why should the owners carry more cost? She is living there for free.
@@heathercloete7450 you said alot of words and none of them answered the question, where is she supposed to go? Laying a charge with the police doesn't get a roof over her head tonight. I'm talking about if what she is saying truly happened. She possibly gave someone her last 3K, where does she go tonight, tomorrow or how ever long it takes her to find a new place to rent. I don't know where you live but here where I live this is a pretty common scam. I'm not saying it's not terrible what's happening to the home owner because it 100% is.
Wow, I cant believe someone could break into someone's place and claim to be a tenant. This is ridiculous. Where is the justice in this.
I take calls for a utility company. Several homeowners have told me about having to deal with this. It's so weird. Basically, don't leave a house empty unless you have no choice. People will be moving in, vandalizing it, stealing wiring, or other things.
America is WILD.
Get large males who work as security guards and have martial arts and firearms training, to bust into YOUR HOUSE. Then pay them to cohabitate til the idiots leave.
These kind of stories have been making headlines for about 15 years and still no lawmakers have done anything about it
This is a criminal matter and should be dealt with accordingly. Why should a scam artist be allowed to just walk in and squat in someones home? Maybe they should move her into the governor's mansion and see how fast they act.
I was just thinking the same thing. Wait til the Governor or some other political big wig goes on VACA... then,...
Unfortunately, these issues aren’t “big point getters” when it comes to election, fundraising, and political endorsements.
This has been happening for years now. As an agent in my state, I’ve encountered this a few times where locks were changed on foreclosed properties. The tenants have paid what seems to be the norm, $3000 and provided a lease. A couple showed me the lease and said the same thing, they cannot contact the landlord and only had a P.O. Box to send payments. They were very distraught and cooperative, and asked if allowed a few hours to remove their belongings.
Even though they can't afford an attorney they should still file papers and get in the eviction court line. She should also file a lawsuit. Even if they don't have a lawyer there are ways to file without one. I suggest they wait until a day they leave and change the locks back. When she calls the police tell them she has false documents and she should be arrested for fraud.
this lady is going to leave this property and bounce to ANOTHER property and do the same thing.
You really don't need an attorney you can represent if you educate yourself
They should blacklist her just like an eviction posting on your record
They should make it even harder for people that do this to get a place to live so that in the end they'll have to be forced to live under government assistance because they're non-trustworthy individual
Not trustworthy means government regulation
That's the thing...they make sure that one adult is always squatting in the house. They said there was a woman & a man holding a child in the house. And they have already gone over that when the squatters first moved in and changed the locks...the owners were told by the police that they couldn't do anything because it was a "civil matter".
Well, it's international news, never-ending national or local. I'm over here in 🇨🇦 Canada, shocked at the audacity of the person holed up in that house. Did she think, even assuming she 'rented' a 'furnished house' that it would come complete with a full grocery stock, and fridge full--for this 'renter's ' convenience or what?!?! Gimme a break, lady. NOT YOUR HOUSE--IRREGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU GOT DUPED.
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Go in, eat alot of beans and hotbox it.
It’s even a big lie.Nobody duped her.She’s trying to use sense and collect money from the home owner.I don’t know why they can’t charge her and send her to jail.That’s burglary for God’s sake
Maybe you didn't watch the same video but the one I watched clearly said that the house was being prepared for sale and the owner was informed by a contractor of the situation. What part of that suggests there is furniture or a full fridge? People who create scam rental listings for property they don't own know how to make it look legitimate to their targets, and they go after property that is in transition.
So if she doesn’t want the attention, move out.
This is happening a lot around the country. In some states if you are in possession of the home you get to stay till the original owner can go to court and prove it! I saw a case where a woman bought her first home and wasn’t living there yet as it needed renovations. People moved in, changed the locks and said they were Sovereign citizens and this was their home. It was months she was dealing with it and could not get them to leave. Sad that this can happen to good people and the police won’t do anything! If you have a title you can show that it belongs to you, the police need to remove the person squatting and the burden of proof belongs to them not the homeowner!!
The women should go to jail. They need to ask the women who gave their the lease and arrest them. If I was the owner I would never pay anybody to my own home. She needs to go to jail as well. How does anybody know she was not the one who made the lease up.
I will be reaching out to both local leaders to brainstorm the best legal process to end this madness. The homeowner does not owe the squatter ANYTHING. Let alone the time and energy trying to get her house back. I've said it once and will say it again...you never hear about a squatter holding on to a property owned by a judge.
Go to jail for trespassing and extortion since they're so worried that she doesn't have someplace else to go. Everyone has a family, find them kids family but you can't stay in my house rent free. I love kids but they gotta go
The homeowner should have followed the alderman in and changed the locks right while they were there
Yep! Lock-changing materials in one hand, her hair in the other, whilst tossing her the f**k out!
We have a proactive one here👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍💪💪💪
The squatters aren't dumb...they wouldn't have let the owner in...although the husband of the owner couple could have "pretended" to be an alderman. ...Actually not a bad idea!
Except the squatter already called the police on them!
@@spottheborgcat6523 because the homeowner was naive
That person was a scam artist they knew to call the police first knowing how to abuse the law is the worst kind of criminal
While my rental property was on the market, I put furniture in it, stopped by often, kept lights on. It's sad that honest people have to think " what would a scammer do"?... I also have to say to anyone doing this sort of scamming, think twice, not every home owner will react to things this calmly.
Squatters don’t care about furniture and lights 😂🤣🤣🤣
It doesn’t matter to the scammer if you’re unkind to the person that they rented your house to. The scammer in this case has 3 victims; the renter and the home owners too.
How is it the owner of the homes fault that this occupier was scammed? The owner should legally be able to have the locks changed any time she wants and enter at anytime she wants.
If her story is true, I can see how this could occur. I was in Phoenix looking for a place to rent and I saw a reasonable listing on Craigslist. I called the number and was invited to the property to view it. The fake landlord gave me the lockbox code over the phone and allowed me to enter the property alone. Luckily, there were signs throughout the unit that said if the property was listed on Craigslist it was a scam. I immediately left and blocked the scammer. So these things do actually occur.
Agreed . Happens all the time
TRUE. Have seen it myself. If I were selling my home, I would not use a lockbox. I'm sorry, but NO.
Okay lets say it happend why isnt she working with the owner . The owner seems like she would work something out .why is she refusing to talk to the owner.? If i got scammed i would definitely speak to the owner and involve the cops. I wouldnt just change the locks and ignore the owners and say ill eventually leave
@@rosiehernandez4194 ...because, the woman that's living in the house is a liar and has no intentions on paying rent or working things out with the REAL OWNER. The system is flawed in every area of activity in this country. It wouldn't surprise me if the woman stayed in the house until next year.
@@phillyjoejones5161 WRONG answer, Philly Joe! The squatter said she’d move out EVENTUALLY. So, let’s use my FML math. “I’ll get a promotion…EVENTUALLY.” Eventually = never. 😂😂
I was looking for a house to rent in toronto canada about 6 years ago. I found a deal online that was almost too good to be true I tried to go and look at the place. They told me they were temperarily out of the country I could pay them first and last months rent and they would send me they keys for the lock box on the door. I decided to go look at the place and I saw a for sale sign on the lawn. I called the agent and I asked them if they were renting the house and they said no. I told them someone was trying to rent out there house online and up until this point I though maybe I had helped someone else like me get ripped off, however I may have stopped a home owner from this nightmare!
This is possibly what happened in this case too, but I just think the woman is lying. But to think someone could steal the key out of the lock box make a copy then rent out someone else’s home unbeknownst to the owner is truly frightening.
I don't know if the people residing in the house are lying or not, but what I do know is that properties here in Houston, Texas have not only been leased, but also sold to individuals by scammers.
It's a low down, dirty, genius $cam.
Even if what the "tenant" is saying is true - how many months rent does that $3000 cover? Seems like she is the scammer now.
That lady lied. Why change all the locks if you aren’t squatting?..
Since the person living in the house can’t reach whom ever rented the property to her, how is she paying rent or who is she paying rent to?
Up front cash
For $3k, she’s good for at least a few months. But once it was time for her to pay and she realized she couldn’t reach this person, bet she would’ve just kept on living there rent free, no questions asked. But I mean… who wouldn’t lol
It's all scam verbatim she paid nothing to nobody. Sounds good tho huh. Makes her sound like a true victim. That's American narcissism for you. That lady is the aggressor towards the home owner yet to the news n county she's a victim too.. I'm so tired of these worthless people. Tell that lady to get ahold of me. I'll remove that whole family for $209 dollars and a smile. The lady changed the locks. So why hasn't the owner called a locksmith? If they are honoring the fake lease then they gotta honor the actual deed aswell. Somebody here is not telling the whole story here or the homeowners and city officials are truly numb n dumb to reality.
Watch out for airb&b too. People are renting and not leaving!
Hmmmmm……
When he said that squatters have more rights then the actual owner he was telling the truth. It's almost impossible to kick a person out once they and a few belongings are in your house. Be careful people
She has to go out sometime
So true. Especially, if they have mail in their name coming to the address. It's a wrap!!!
Getting the federal government institutions and prosecutors and holding them accountable
That broad in the house is definitely a bad person…whether she got scammed or not why does she have the right to now put someone else in a messed up situation because she didn’t do her due diligence? THATS why she’s a bad person.
If the woman was scammed, tough, not the homeowners fault. We have some pretty sorry laws that protect the guilty in this country .
She paid her rent and got a lease. She is not the problem, the scammers are. Maybe support her in transitioning to a valid lease. This would go easier. Squatters laws protect her.
@@tanyagivens4338 she is the problem. Once it was brought to her attention that she was in someone else's home illegally because of an illegal scam she should have got out of the woman's home. She's in the house so she knows she's supposed to be paying rent to someone and she's obviously not paying any money to anyone.....then she knows she's wrong and she's taking advantage of the situation. Any good person would leave the people's house. It's not the homeowners fault that she's out of her money they didn't get the money that's not their problem she should immediately leave the home. You don't even know if the stories she is telling is true about the scammers. She could be the scammer and presented this illegal document which we knows illegal because it's not from the homeowners. Her whole story could be made up and she purposely stole these people's home. And like I said if it's not made up she still at fault because she knows she's not supposed to be there she should immediately leave even if it means staying in a hotel. How can anyone agree with her when the homeowner said they offered her $2,000 to be able to find somewhere else to stay and she says no give me $8,000 although she claims to the news people she only paid 3,000 as a deposit to get into the house. Clearly she's the scam artist.
@@jennifersalinas716 Good point about the rent, she should be paying the homeowner rent, not trying to shake them down for 8000. She knows she has no business there
@@tanyagivens4338 Its not a valid lease, the scammer, if there indeed was one, is the problem, they had no authority to provide a lease on property they didnt own. Its not the homeowners responsibility to "transition" them into a valid lease. Squatters laws are an outrage, to think one can take over someone's property and the law protects THEM. I have heard of ppl going on vaca and come back to find squatters have taken over their house. Why dont you go on vaca and come home to find that, and we will see how you will react, you wont be yelling squatters rights then lol
I also want to find a house like this quickly and get a lease before the owner discovers it...... frankly kkkkkkkk
This is a gross failure of the government. The Chicago business community should go public and advise people that they should not invest in Chicago real estate until the city and police protect property owners.
It's shortsighted decisions like this that have far reaching consequences for the health of communities that desparetely need revitalization.
What about the homeowner responsibility of ensuring that their vacant property has an alarm and cameras while being rehabbed or for sale. People want to make money but can't afford $30 a month for wifi and a wifi alarm system that cost about $100 dollars from amazon with cameras, door and window sensors that you can take with you after you sale the propety and put in another property? This is not the government fault this is the homeowner fault of not alerting the government quick enough i.e the same minute that person came into their property illegally to resolve this matter! The Chicago business community should go public and educate people on how to protect their investment!
@@laz939 What a dumb take.
This is designed guaranteed
It's "equity balance" to some politicians
@Mr. Cosmetic If it belongs to me,I should NOT have to tell you ,"Hands Off".
Saying its the owners fault,someone e stole from them,is "Crimnal Thinking".
Criminals feel its the victims fault for not watching out for them.
Criminals feel its their right to take what isn't theirs.
These people are unbelievable. They're punishing the owner not the person who they say scammed them. They need to get out now and if necessary removed by police.
That lady’s face deserve to be shown on the media so she doesn’t cause this same scenario to another homeowner
There should be a squatters scam listing with the squatters picture, name, any relevant info. Post it on Facebook, hand out fliers or any way possible to alert people to these scams.
I'm getting karen vibes. If she was Black they wouldn't waste no time exposing her
Um no she's lying about the lease and I'm sure there are some people you can call and pay cash to and she will be gone. No telling what destruction she is causing to the home and the poor child living through this.
she should call CPS on child
Squatting laws are enraging. How they're allowed I'll never understand. It's the equivalent of walking up to someone.. snatching their baby out of their arms, then forcing them to go to court and get a DNA test to get their child back.
I had that happen. The woman destroyed my wood burning stove, my brand new furnace and my hot water heater in a matter of the six weeks that it took me to get her out of my house. She was a squatter. The house was condemned by me myself, because otherwise I couldn't evict her. Once it was condemned she had to leave. Of course then I had to deal with uncondemning my home, repairing my home and then taking a loss on the final sale because, even though I took the deadbeat to court, she was living in someone else's house at that time and up and vacated it and disappeared.
So just keep in mind if you ever come across someone with the name of Janice Hannon, a greying red-haired woman. Cross to the other side of the street.
if they broke the law moving in why should they expect you to do a legal eviction instead of getting "thugs are us" to do it the quick way same day service.
Get this...here in Canada it's actually illegal to post the names of people who write bad cheques, as in a store by the cashier. Canada loves it's little criminals. I personally hate this cuntry and would leave if I had the $. Yes, cuntry.
We need her name, her parents names, address, social media accounts, photos and as much information about this thief/fraudster put out there for the public to know.
I had the same thing happen to me about 15 years ago in Portland. The squatters then over in the rest of their loser “friends” and there were campers on the property, people living under the house, and a total of around 15-20 people occupying the property. The police wouldn’t do anything, I took them to court only for them to never show and the judge extended the case 3 times. 3 times!!!! Then the city started to levy fines against me for violations while completely ignoring their own incompetence in righting this wrong. Eventually, I woke up one morning to read in the newspaper that the house had burned down due to these drugged ups fools falling asleep with candles burning. Luckily nobody died or I am sure that I would’ve been held responsible for that too.
Insurance paid the replacement cost and insole the empty lot.
What a nightmare! Makes me angry!
Sadly a tragic event transpired resulting in a fire, but it saved you the escalating legal costs and accruing violations and fines the squatters imposed.
In part, maybe that fire was a blessing.
Man, that's a horrible story. To bad we as citizens can't sue the inept local government.
Sometimes things like this you have to take the matters into your own hands seriously you need to lock them out or either cut every utility there is seriously
she should REMOVE all doors to the property, cut all utility, and water lines
@@pitbull7885 So true I love about removing all the doors lol
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@@pitbull7885 They talked about this...cutting all utility and water lines...and it is actually illegal to do that...the owners would be arrested, believe it or not. Apparently some owners had done that in the past to legit renters when there was a dispute instead of going to court...so that is illegal. The owners have to take the squatters to court first to prove their lease is fake. Just can't do that, unfortunately.
Stink bombs. Lots of them. Fixed.
She is trespassing and trying to extort money, she is playing the victim, she needs to be arrested and pay the consequences for her actions.
You paid $3000 to move in.........allegedly.
But who are you paying rent to on a monthly basis, if you can't contact the person who rented you the house?
Your rent money should be going to the owners, until there is a resolution.
HONESTLY, SQUATTERS ARE EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED OR WORSE!!!!!
She ain't paying nobody rent. She probably faked up the lease agreement herself. She didn't pay a deposit so anyone. She saw a vacant house, moved in and changed the locks. Shelley probably trash the property when they finally evict her as well.
@@marih3286 This is becoming too common! I certainly feel bad for the homeowners because they can't protect their property if someone presents a lease. The laws have to be changed!!!
She's a thief
I don't know why people think its ok to just take over someone's home and get away with it.
People that feel they are entitled. Smh
She may not be a squatter. When I was looking for a rental, I almost got fooled by a scam like this. Somebody had posted pictures of a house that was for sale on a "for rent" website, and when I contacted them to see it, they gave me a key code and told me that they couldn't accompany me because they had recently moved out of state, but to go see it, and if I liked it, to contact them afterwards. I did end up liking it, A LOT. It was a great deal in an awesome neighborhood, and the supposed owners told me to send them my credit info and wire them the deposit at the same time, which I almost jumped on, but it was extremely weird to me, and it gave me pause. The only reason I stalled was because of that red flag, and sure enough, it turned out that the person I had contacted was in no way affiliated with the house or the homeowner. That's when I found out that it's a fairly common scam to watch out for when looking for a rental. If that's what happened to this renter, I feel terrible for both her and the homeowner. What a hard situation to find yourself in.
Here's the thing. Ownership information takes all of 3 minutes to search on the tax assessors website. The responsibility to make sure it's a valid agreement is between the two parties involved. If a renter is scammed by a fake landlord because they were careless that's not the homeowners fault. The squatter's story here has so many holes though. Not believable. At best, she accepted stolen property and is perpetuating the steal. She should be arrested. The homeowner should change the locks and move themselves and 20 of their closest friends in.
@@andromedaspark2241 She may have been in a desperate position and not done due diligence. I have a friend who was recently laid off and desperate for a job and she almost fell for a scam claiming to offer her a position. People get stressed and do not always do what they should. Doesn't excuse her demanding $8k or being so reluctant to settle things with the owner, but you can't always assume someone's motives.
That woman is insane.
Squatting should be turned into a felony once you go through the proper eviction court process the squatter should immediately be arrested at the courthouse and prosecuted for felony charges
Sure latesha.... you prolly have felonies for petty theft you just want to be bitter
This is not petty theft the squatters are ruining someone's life. There should be consequences.
People with uninhabited homes, GET AN ALARM SYSTEM THAT CALLS THE POLICE AND YOU!!
The minute that a person breaks in the alarm company and yourself can call the police and it’s considered breaking and entering.
No one should be able to get in your home and change the locks without you knowing.
That's actually a really good idea.
That squatter is a scammer and blackmailer. She should be in jail and then she won't be homeless.
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This is so wrong, someones living in my sons house also, hope to get them out soon.
Homeowners need to be protected from these scammers this could go on for years I've seen it before with no protection for the true homeowner. Something has to be done about this it's happening too often people are seeing this on UA-cam all over the place and doing it knowing they can't be stopped 😠
This happened to my moms boyfriend years ago In NY. He pulled a gun on them and they left sometimes violence is important
Google squatters rights, its very eye opening, went through this in a small town in Florida, judge through him out in 2 weeks, never let anyone stay on your property
Get her a$$ out !. This is getting old .. property owners need to start fighting back