Calgary police are looking for a woman believed to be connected to an apartment rental scam.
Police said a woman advertised a vacant apartment in the 300 block of 2 Avenue N.E. for rent throughout October on multiple online classified websites.
Once a victim responded to an online ad, the woman would host a showing of the apartment and then agree to rent the apartment to the victim. The woman would then ask the victim for a damage deposit to secure the apartment and then promise a move-in date.
The victim would agree to send money to the woman as rent and she would cut off communication shortly after, according to a Wednesday afternoon news release.
Police said the woman previously resided at the apartment but is not the rightful owner and did not have the authority to sublet or rent the apartment to others.
The Calgary Police Service said it is looking for Crystal Kathleen Shannon, 33, of Calgary. She is described as around five feet four inches tall, 265 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes.
Shannon is wanted on warrants for fraud under $5,000.
Anyone with information is asked to call 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers.
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