Yup came to me through Trulia this guy or team of guys used the name "Wu Qian a Japan origin" funny enough-many misspellings and grammatical errors-dead give away just like the Nigerian Scammers wanted to buy $500k of property sight unseen...thank god for google and this site-had our broker and attorney fooled...

"Got an email from Otake Iwao claiming to want to buy property anywhere in SC.  I sent him some listing to look at and in 5 minutes he picked one and wanted to buy it unseen and wanted a bunch of information on where his deposit would be deposited.  He had an account manager and said he wanted funds available before he arrived in 4 weeks."

I received the same email on May 27. I am a Realtor as well.

Definitely a SCAM! Watch out!

Thank you SO much for posting this!  So how did you find out that this deal was fraudulent.. did the check not clear?  I have a client right now in Kona, Hawaii, same situation with Mr. Green Sound as the stock broker, and a $150,000 check on a $550k house in cash - interestingly, he made it out to the wrong escrow company and had to be re-cut, but it's being sent now.. why would they tie up their money in escrow like that?  They sent more than was required on the contract, so I'm going to try and call the full amount forward and see what happens.. thanks again for posting!  Blessings from Hawaii anyway!  *:D

Guess what?  This Jackson character and his "Buyer Partner:, Iwao, have trid me in Seattle too.Same story: send him copies of listings and picks one out in minutes, and offers buyfull price-----well, youknow the rest  Jackson's checks are like a three dollar bill.  Beware!!I am a Realtor, too, you've guessed.

Same game, different names. Now it's "Wang Tao" and the number is for his attorney, Edward Brown.Sigh...

Same story...too good to be true; gotta love google!