CORNING, N.Y. (WETM) – One scammer has managed to steal money from multiple people on the same Corning, New York property, in the span of two weeks.
Stephanie Youngs packed up her entire home, thinking she and her family of six, would be moving into a new home, at 188 Winfield St. She was even in the process of enrolling her kids into new schools.
“All the kids’ stuff is packed up, and they were all excited to move because we need a bigger house…We were supposed to move in on Sunday,” said Youngs. “Two of my kids, their last day at their [current] school was supposed to be tomorrow [Friday].”
But when she and her husband went to the house on Thursday, three days before moving in, it wasn’t empty like they were told. Rather, the current tenant of the home, Mauro Zini, answered the door.
This is the seventh time Zini has gotten a knock on the door like this in the past two weeks.
“[The scam victims] ask me, ‘When are you going to leave because I paid my security deposit,’ and I say that we are not leaving,” said Zini, explaining how these situations have typically been going.
He currently lives there with his wife and young daughter, and so far, none of these situations have been detrimental. But Zini says he is worried about his family’s safety, in the instance that it does.
When asked about what he wants the public to know, Zini was quick to respond, “188 Winfield St. is not for rent!”
Youngs followed through…