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by vgel 1533 days ago
They say they're out of the country on a mission trip and are OK renting the place out below market to a responsible person (faith preferred but not required) who will take good care of it. Then they ask for a "viewing fee" before they send you a code for the non-existent lockbox with the keys.

Source: got to the "send me a viewing fee in itunes gift cards" stage of one of these scams, once. Googled the initial email and it's a common scan template.