{"id":1011,"date":"2026-05-01T02:22:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2026-05-01T02:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:22:31","slug":"woman-who-has-been-living-in-her-car-for-over-a-year-while-trying-to-save-money-for-her-own-place-says-she-was-scammed-out-of-2250-after-falling-for-a-fake-rental-listing-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/?p=1011","title":{"rendered":"Woman who has been living in her car for over a year while trying to save money for her own place says she was SCAMMED out of $2,250 after falling for a fake rental listing on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"article-page-headline\"><\/h1>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Stephanie Thacker, who is known as @sillysteph01 on TikTok, has been working as a DoorDasher while documenting her struggle with homelessness<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>She claimed in a series of videos she was scammed out of $2,250 after trying to\u00a0rent a home in Georgetown, Kentucky, that she saw listed on Facebook\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>On September 19, she posted a video of herself sobbing outside of the property\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Thacker\u00a0explained that she went to the house to pick up the keys but realized she had been swindled after the person who posted the listing blocked her\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>She said she immediately called the police to file a report, but she was told it would take &#8216;over a year before anything gets done&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Thacker also reached out to her bank, Chime, to dispute the charges and try to get her money back, but her case has allegedly been dismissed\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-mol-fe-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A woman who has been living in her car with her dog for over a year has alleged that she was scammed out of $2,250 \u2014 all the money she had saved to rent her own place \u2014 after falling for a fake listing on\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-a15cb760-5005-11ed-b7fe-dd4c28af702a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/sciencetech\/facebook\/index.html\">Facebook<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Stephanie Thacker, who is known as @sillysteph01 on social media, has been working as a DoorDasher while documenting her struggle with homelessness on\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-a1612430-5005-11ed-b7fe-dd4c28af702a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/tiktok\/index.html\">TikTok<\/a><\/span>, where she has more than 90,000 followers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On September 19, she posted a heartbreaking\u00a0<a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@sillysteph01\/video\/7145223100722973995?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">video<\/a>\u00a0of herself hysterically crying outside a home in Georgetown,\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-a163e350-5005-11ed-b7fe-dd4c28af702a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/kentucky\/index.html\">Kentucky<\/a><\/span>, after realizing she had been swindled out of her life&#8217;s savings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I\u2019ve been living in my car for over a year trying to save all this money, and I just sent it all to this person,&#8217; she explained in between sobs. &#8216;I\u2019m at the address, and they blocked me [on Facebook] and took all my money that I\u2019ve saved for months.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-63739c8a40860108\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/10\/19\/23\/63653741-11333625-image-m-39_1666220120345.jpg\" alt=\"Stephanie Thacker, who is known as @sillysteph01 on TikTok,\u00a0claimed she was scammed out of $2,250 after trying to rent a home in Georgetown, Kentucky, that she saw listed on Facebook\" width=\"634\" height=\"806\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>11<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Stephanie Thacker, who is known as @sillysteph01 on TikTok,\u00a0claimed she was scammed out of $2,250 after trying to rent a home in Georgetown, Kentucky, that she saw listed on Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"splitLeft\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1459f88fb5760646\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/10\/19\/23\/63653733-11333625-image-m-40_1666220159443.jpg\" alt=\"She has been working as a DoorDasher and living in her car with her dog for over a year to save up money to rent a place of her own\" width=\"306\" height=\"398\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>11<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splitRight\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6f87fb39520cfba6\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/10\/19\/23\/63653737-11333625-image-m-42_1666220170896.jpg\" alt=\"She has been working as a DoorDasher and living in her car with her dog for over a year to save up money to rent a place of her own\" width=\"306\" height=\"398\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>11<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">She has been working as a DoorDasher and living in her car with her dog for over a year to save up money to rent a place of her own<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-15e7eae276156842\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/10\/19\/23\/63653729-11333625-image-m-44_1666220185461.jpg\" alt=\"Thacker explained that she went to the house to pick up the keys but realized she had been swindled after the person who posted the listing blocked her\" width=\"634\" height=\"760\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>11<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Thacker explained that she went to the house to pick up the keys but realized she had been swindled after the person who posted the listing blocked her<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Thacker said she immediately called the police to file a report, but she was told it would take &#8216;over a year before anything gets done.&#8217;\u00a0She also reached out to her\u00a0bank, Chime, to dispute the charges and try to get her money back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The best part was that while I was standing there with the police, the real realtor that I could have bought from showed up with someone else and gave them the keys,&#8217; she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Thacker shared more details about the alleged scam in a series of follow-up videos, explaining that she found the listing on Facebook and was told the one-bedroom house was being privately rented by the owner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She said that she sent the person who had posted the fraudulent\u00a0listing $50 for an application fee, $1,250 for a move-in fee, $200 for a stamp of approval on the lease, and $750 for a second month&#8217;s rent.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"mol-fe-related-replace ccox\" data-track-module=\"related-replace\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-title wocc\">TRENDING<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-replace-articles\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/04\/30\/23\/108290129-0-image-a-73_1777586780441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"382\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"related-replace-info\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-headline\">Lauren Sanchez shows off her tiny waist in trousers and a corset<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-replace-count-wrap\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-count wocc\">1.2k viewing now<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-replace-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/04\/27\/16\/108194611-0-image-a-2_1777304220085.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"382\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"related-replace-info\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-headline\">Grief after my darling daughter&#8217;s death made me want to die too<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-replace-count-wrap\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-count wocc\">6.1k viewing now<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-replace-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/05\/01\/01\/108293235-0-image-a-4_1777595704643.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"382\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"related-replace-info\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-headline\">Mother-in-law captured abroad after execution of beauty queen<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-replace-count-wrap\">\n<div class=\"related-replace-count wocc\">7.6k viewing now<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mol-embed\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-16af677c5e872c66\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/10\/20\/00\/63652915-11333625-image-m-58_1666220474869.jpg\" alt=\"Thacker has been documenting her struggle with homelessness on TikTok, where she has more than 90,000 followers\" width=\"634\" height=\"1051\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>11<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Thacker has been documenting her struggle with homelessness on TikTok, where she has more than 90,000 followers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d3205ae3f9756519\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/10\/19\/23\/63653711-11333625-image-m-53_1666220324466.jpg\" alt=\"She said that she sent the person who had posted the listing $50 for an application fee, $1,250 for a move-in fee, $200 for a stamp of approval, and $750 for a second month's rent\" width=\"634\" height=\"829\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>11<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">She said that she sent the person who had posted the listing $50 for an application fee, $1,250 for a move-in fee, $200 for a stamp of approval, and $750 for a second month&#8217;s rent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In one of her captions, she explained that the woman told her she &#8216;had to\u00a0send the money first because she was going to &#8220;print off receipts and papers before coming.&#8221;&#8216;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She was also allegedly told she couldn&#8217;t have contact with the realtor because of COVID-19, which she believed at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Thacker shared a screenshot of the lease agreement she was sent, saying she was ready to move into the apartment when she went to meet the woman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;She said she was on the way to give me the keys and sign all at once,&#8217; she claimed. &#8216;I thought this was normal and I definitely will NEVER make this mistake again.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7bf98069fe8dffda\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/10\/20\/00\/63652893-11333625-image-a-56_1666220428849.jpg\" alt=\"Thacker shared a screenshot of the lease agreement she was sent, saying she was ready to move into the apartment when she went to meet the woman\" width=\"634\" height=\"1133\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>11<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Thacker shared a screenshot of the lease agreement she was sent, saying she was ready to move into the apartment when she went to meet the woman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a5d15e38d8c60cbc\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/10\/19\/23\/63653713-11333625-image-m-55_1666220356947.jpg\" alt=\"She was allegedly told she couldn't have contact with the realtor because of COVID-19, which she believed at the time\" width=\"634\" height=\"766\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>11<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">She was allegedly told she couldn&#8217;t have contact with the realtor because of COVID-19, which she believed at the time<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Thacker also posted footage of herself going through the police report she had filed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her story went viral last week after she shared\u00a0another update about her situation, claiming Chime had dismissed her case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She included a screenshot of the alleged letter that was sent to her by the\u00a0Chime Dispute Team in the clip that has been viewed more than 6.7 million times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The message stated that the company &#8216;concluded that no error had occurred&#8217; following its investigation and &#8216;considers this matter closed.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It was $2,250 that I lost,&#8217; Thacker concluded. &#8216;I just really hope that they needed it more than I did.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4091595510ed4386\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/10\/19\/23\/63653717-11333625-image-m-51_1666220312689.jpg\" alt=\"Thacker said she immediately filed a police report and contacted her bank, Chime, to dispute the charges after realized she has been scammed\" width=\"634\" height=\"714\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>11<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Thacker said she immediately filed a police report and contacted her bank, Chime, to dispute the charges after realized she has been scammed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-dcff6a5bc469cd3\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/10\/20\/00\/63652909-11333625-image-m-60_1666220604472.jpg\" alt=\"Thacker's\u00a0story went viral last week after she shared another update about her situation, claiming Chime had dismissed her case\" width=\"634\" height=\"852\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>11<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Thacker&#8217;s\u00a0story went viral last week after she shared another update about her situation, claiming Chime had dismissed her case<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-18ef7bc5548e97f0\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/10\/20\/00\/63654753-11333625-image-a-63_1666221069666.jpg\" alt=\"Thacker included a screenshot of the alleged letter that was sent to her by the Chime Dispute Team after she filed her claim\" width=\"634\" height=\"1131\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageCount-fAPp8\"><span class=\"plusSign-u_CKT\">+<\/span>11<\/div>\n<div class=\"viewGalleryText-NXaet\">View gallery<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Thacker included a screenshot of the alleged letter that was sent to her by the Chime Dispute Team after she filed her claim<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Chime commented on the post, writing, &#8216;We take these types of things seriously. We\u2019re looking into this and just reached out to you via email!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, it seems nothing came from it because she slammed Chime in her most recent video while sharing some of the negative comments she received about the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I guess it doesn\u2019t matter what the opinion of thousands of your customers is? Hundreds of comments saying the same has happened to them,&#8217; she wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I\u2019ve offered screenshotted messages, written statements, police reports, and nothing is good enough. I trusted this &#8220;bank&#8221; with my money, but now I agree with the other thousands of people that say DO NOT USE CHIME!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">DailyMail.com has reached out to Chime and Facebook for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephanie Thacker, who is known as @sillysteph01 on TikTok, has been working as a DoorDasher while documenting her struggle with homelessness She claimed in a series of videos she was &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1013,"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions\/1013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}