I just got an email similar glad I checked the information provided before I went any further with it.

I just received the email below.  I emailed back and have not heard from them but my assumption is they'll be contacting me soon to ask for $99.  My initial reaction was to do a web search on the company and this website is the only thing that came up; glad I found this thread.  I too am happy to pay referral fees but will never "pay for leads"... especially unqualified ones.  If you have a referral to send to New Orleans, feel free to reply to this thread :)  Thanks all.  Oh yeah, and what agent DOESN'T take on new customers?!

[Hello Daniel,

I need some help for a customer of mine, they are looking to purchase in New Orleans - Gentilly Terrace. I?m in Montana, so obviously I can?t be of much help there. If you are taking on new customers I?d like to introduce you to Brenda, and hopefully you can help them find a good buy. Please give me a call at 406-532-5574, and we can discuss this further. Thanks for your help!

Susan Cantrell
REPL
Customer Relocation Specialist
406-532-5574]

I got a message from them as well.  Looks like they are targeting Realtors.
    Possible Relocation
    Sent By:
    
"Susan Cantrell" <scantrell@realestatepipeline.com>      On:    May 05/19/13 7:47 PM
To:    xxxx
Reply to:    scantrell@realestatepipeline.com

"I need some help for a customer of mine, they are looking to purchase in Orange Park. I?m in Montana, so obviously I can?t be of much help there. If you are taking on new customers I?d like to introduce you to Tammy, and hopefully you can help them find a good buy. Please give me a call at 406-532-5574, and we can discuss this further. Thanks for your help!

Susan Cantrell
REPL
Customer Relocation Specialist
406-532-5574"

Plus, who the heck would WANT to move to Vinita Terrace! Yikes!

Hello Benjamin,

I need some help for a customer of mine, they are looking to purchase in Delaware city. I?m in Montana, so obviously I can?t be of much help there. If you are taking on new customers I?d like to introduce you to Nate, and hopefully you can help them find a good buy. Please give me a call at 406-532-5574, and we can discuss this further. Thanks for your help!

Susan Cantrell
REPL
Customer Relocation Specialist
406-532-5574

Glad to have found this page to verify the scam of the emails being sent.  I got it too and hopefully this page will help others when they get it.  We are more than happy to pay a referral fee on any closed transaction

I need some help for a customer of mine, they are looking to purchase in Avon. I?m in Montana, so obviously I can?t be of much help there. If you are taking on new customers I?d like to introduce you to Ferer, and hopefully you can help them find a good buy. Please give me a call at 406-532-5574, and we can discuss this further. Thanks for your help!

Susan Cantrell
REPL
Customer Relocation Specialist
406-532-5574

THANKS FOR POSTING ALL THIS INFO. WHEN I GOT THE EMAIL TODAY TRIED TO FIND THE COMPANY - OF COURSE, COULD FIND THEM NOWHERE. THEN CHECKED THE NUMBER AND GOT THIS PAGE!

I need some help for a customer of mine, they are looking to purchase in Boone County. I?m in Montana, so obviously I can?t be of much help there. If you are taking on new customers I?d like to introduce you to Steve, and hopefully you can help them find a good buy. Please give me a call at 406-532-5574, and we can discuss this further. Thanks for your help!

Susan Cantrell
REPL
Customer Relocation Specialist
406-532-5574

I'm a Realtor.

It's still occurring....got the call from 406-532-5577...left a message, gave name of Dave, but never indicated what company he was with. Made it sound like we were old friends. (kinda made me think back if it was a past client offering me a personal referral)....then I thought to check out the #.

I'd already told these people a few months ago, I'm not interested. Once they get your info, good luck getting them to STOP charging you. The whole thing is wrong. They should be prosecuted!

Anyone who won't even give the name of the company they work for is out to scam you!

Received an e-mail with this number as well:

I recently had a request from a customer for information about property in Eugene - Santa Clara.  Since I'm located in Missoula, MT, I am looking for someone closer and better suited to help them out.  My team has spoken to them and they are serious about this request and looking to do something fairly soon.  I'd like to get this out to you right away, can you call me as soon as possible? You can contact me at 406-532-5574.

Best Regards,

Susie Cantrell
Regional Manager
406-532-5574

I checked out the fellow who sent me an e-mail with this number and he is a reported sex offender. Beware!

Received it here in Atlanta,


I recently had a request from a customer for information about property in Atlanta, West.  Since I'm located in Missoula, MT, I am looking for someone closer and better suited to help them out.  My team has spoken to them and they are serious about this request and looking to do something fairly soon.  I'd like to get this out to you right away, can you call me as soon as possible? You can contact me at 406-532-5574.

Best Regards,

Susie Cantrell
Regional Manager
406-532-5574

I recently had a request from a customer for information about property in Lynnwood.  Since I'm located in Missoula, MT, I am looking for someone closer and better suited to help them out.  My team has spoken to them and they are serious about this request and looking to do something fairly soon.  I'd like to get this out to you right away, can you call me as soon as possible? You can contact me at 406-532-5574.

Best Regards,

Susie Cantrell
Regional Manager
406-532-5574

Here's the e-mail I've received from this spammer:

"I recently had a request from a customer for information about property in Vinita Terrace.  Since I'm located in Missoula, MT, I am looking for someone closer and better suited to help them out.  My team has spoken to them and they are serious about this request and looking to do something fairly soon.  I'd like to get this out to you right away, can you call me as soon as possible? You can contact me at 406-532-5574.

Best Regards,

Susie Cantrell
Regional Manager
406-532-5574"


Just delete this kind of junk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got one as well:

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Adam,

I recently had a request from a customer for information about property in St. George.  Since I'm located in Missoula, MT, I am looking for someone closer and better suited to help them out.  My team has spoken to them and they are serious about this request and looking to do something fairly soon.  I'd like to get this out to you right away, can you call me as soon as possible? You can contact me at 406-532-5574.

Best Regards,

Susie Cantrell
Regional Manager
406-532-5574

HE'S ALSO A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER:

http://svcalt.mt.gov/svor/searchdetail.asp?RecordKey=MT01533314

Looking at my email history, they email often. I got 2 emails today!  I'd gladly pay a referral to any Real Estate agent who personally knows a buyer.
  However if a buyer is serious they are shopping online; finding a local agent. They aren't going to be exclusive and loyal to this company.
  I sure hope the consumer isn't being charged to be placed with an agent, that would be horrible.
George,

I recently had a request from a customer for information about property in Brownsville.  Since I'm located in Missoula, MT, I am looking for someone closer and better suited to help them out.  My team has spoken to them and they are serious about this request and looking to do something fairly soon.  I'd like to get this out to you right away, can you call me as soon as possible? You can contact me at 406-532-5577.

Best Regards,

David Crowe
Regional Manager
406-532-5577

George,

I recently had a request from a customer for information about property in South Padre.  Since I'm located in Missoula, MT, I am looking for someone closer and better suited to help them out.  My team has spoken to them and they are serious about this request and looking to do something fairly soon.  I'd like to get this out to you right away, can you call me as soon as possible? You can contact me at 406-532-5574.

Best Regards,

Susie Cantrell
Regional Manager
406-532-5574

I got the same message and get the same type of referral offer from others. I have also received phone calls with the same offer.  For $99 they say they will give me a lead.  (They could just pull any name from a phone book and say it is a referral)  I told them I would gladly pay then a 25% referral fee from my commission on any CLOSED deal.  This would bring them much more money but they know they are phony referrals, plus they must also be a licensed Realtor.  They are preying on agents desperate for any type of lead.  Stay away!

Any clue where this is from?

I received the same type of email spam too! I NEVER DEAL WITH THESE PEOPLE! I have heard this BS so many times it's unreal! They may be able to fool newbies who are hungry but they can't fool the professionals! Where is her 800 number??? Why should I call her on my dime?? Fake! Phony!!

Hi Mary,
  My name is Lori Sasek, I am an Executive Account Manager for Real Estate Referrals based in Missoula, MT.  The reason for my email is that I have a client named  Dwayne who is looking to purchase a home in Mountain Home . I currently do not have an agent who is working with us in Baxter County . If you're interested in working with Dwayne , please give me a call at 406-532-3712 and I will be more than happy to answer any and all of your questions.  Thank you and I look forward to speaking with you soon.

Mary, can you please call me at your earliest convenience? I would like to discuss the details of this referral with you. I am looking forward to speaking with you.

Kind regards,

Lori Sasek
Account Manager
Real Estate Client Referrals
406-532-3712
Visit our website at www.recr.com

Good day all,

It?s now up-north in Canada, I got a lady today (my apologies, I forgot her name) that had the same approach as mentioned on the above but with a 99$ amount ? she was calling from 406-532-3748.  I was wondering how a company from the states could provide me leads in Canada? anyway.  Spam?  Maybe, be carfeful.

JF ? www.jfrancoisgirard.com

I will never call a spammer.

Hello Paul

  My name is Brian Birgbauer, I work for a nationwide referral network based out of Missoula,MT.  I have a client named  Portia who is looking to purchase a home in Euclid . We just spoke to Portia and they are looking forward to speaking with an agent immediately.  If you're interested in working with Portia , please give me a call at 406-532-3763 and I will be more than happy to answer any and all of your questions.  Thank you and I look forward to speaking with you soon.


Thank You,
Brian Birgbauer
Referral Agent
brian@recr.com
406-532-3763  (call anytime between 7:00am-10:00pm MT)
Visit our website at www.recr.com <http://www.recr.com/>

Hey Bruce, dont want to be Mr. Jerk, but regardless of having a "return address" the guy put his email address in his email that you copy/pasted. If you didnt notice that or did notice it and posted this garbage anyways your a fool. These guys are a legit referral company, and i work with them with referrals now, and have been for about 8 months, i close about 2 in 5 of the clients they send me, sometimes the clients are bad, but they replace those.

I'm a Realtor in Atlanta and I got this "suspiciously similar" message today...I checked out the website and it is a referral website (as a precaution, I did not click on any of the links, just typed the address in manually). Not interested...especially about how "amazing" the snow is in Montana!


Hello Sally

  My name is Richard Mintyala, I work for a nationwide referral network based out of Missoula,MT.  The snow is amazing and I spend the weekends out on the snowmobiles hitting the trails:)  I have a client named  Artayvier who is looking to purchase a home in Mableton . Artayvier is looking to spend Under $100K. for a home.  If your interested in working with Artayvier , please give me a call at 406-532-3721

and I will be more than happy to answer any and all of your questions.  Thank you and I look forward to speaking with you soon.





Thank You,


Richard Mintyala

Referral Agent


richard@recr.com

406-532-3721 (call anytime between 7:00am-10:00pm MT)

Visit our website at www.recr.com

Hi Bruce,

Actually no, it isn't a set up for spam bots. We had an actual home buyer by that name in Caldwell. That is a real phone number and you can talk to a real person when you call. I apologize for not including our return address - it is:

910 Brooks St. LL4
Missoula, MT 59808

I hope this helps clear up any confusion.

I received an email that HAD NO return address that stated the following:

(
My name is Richard Mintyala, I work for a nationwide referral network based out of Missoula,MT.  The snow is amazing and I spend the weekends out on the snowmobiles hitting the trails:)  I have a client named  Judy who is looking to purchase a home in Caldwell . Judy is looking to spend Under $100K. for a home.  If your interested in working with Judy , please give me a call at 406-532-3721

and I will be more than happy to answer any and all of your questions.  Thank you and I look forward to speaking with you soon.

Thank You,

Richard Mintyala
Referral Agent
richard@recr.com
406-532-3721 (call anytime between 7:00am-10:00pm MT)
Visit our website at www.recr.com
)

Give me a break.. First, I don't care if he's out on his snowmobile.. whop-dee-do.  If you go through the trouble of setting up a delivery that pulls your email address out of an email, sounds fishy to me.  Additionally, I'm not going anywhere near any of the info supplied in the text.  It's probably a set up for spam bots or what not to capture visitors, IP or email addresses.

Heads up folks..    Regards,   Bruce