conversation: User (edgar01600): "We bought it 2 years ago and found out about it being sold on the internet only a few hours ago. We don't know how long the ad has been up but it's not on the site of the realtor we bought it from... any advice?\n\n**Edit: Ok... Time to disappoint a lot of people.**\n\nFirst of all, thank you to everyone here for the overwhelming response we had. A lot of great and precious advice.\n\nI have to clarify a few things as well:\n\n- This isn't happening in the US. Sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry. When I posted this on here I didn't realize that it was based in the US, we wanted as much advice as possible. All the time you spent writing advice wasn't wasted though, because it seems mostly applicable here too; the terminology is just different.\n- As a few of you pointed out, no one is "selling" my house without my permission. It's just a listing. Still worrying but not as much as the title implies I guess.\n- I am not behind the "scam" (if this turns out to be one). I'm not a realtor and I don't think posting about it on Reddit would be the greatest idea.\n\nNow for the update part: From what I've read across the 250 or so comments in my inbox (haven't gone through all the replies yet), this could be one of 3 things (from less likely to most likely):\n\n- An actual scam. Someone is trying to forge documents to gain ownership of the house or something. I haven't really understood the whole process of this one but it's still possible.\n- A bait &amp; switch listing, used to get interested people to call to visit the house. Then the realtor tells them it's not available right now but "here are some other houses we can take a look at". We think this one is what is actually happening. They might be taking (or keeping) old ads on their website just to have a good quantity of them so people come.\n- An error. Honestly the most likely. The pictures are from 2 years ago when we bought the house. The house is not currently for sale anymore and someone could have forgotten to take the ad down. The price is the same as when we bought it too. \n\nAll in all, this is probably just a fun ride and we're not likely to lose our house that way (thanks for pointing that out, it's reassuring).\n\nWe will call the realtor as potential buyers, saying we're interested and want to visit the (our) house. If they remove the ad it was just a mistake. If they answer offering to take a look at other houses we will send a formal letter asking to remove the listing. Same thing if we don't get an answer.\n\nEither way, I will keep this post updated.\n\nPS. I realized that this should have been posted on r/legaladvice instead. I don't think I can just move the whole thing now but if the mods want to remove it because it breaks the rules I'm ok with that..\n\nThanks again for all the replies, advice and to everyone who shared their experience! See ya in "Edit 2" probably\n\n_Will update when I have something to update_"
  Self: "Omg. Why is everyone being so crazy? Just call the realtor and ask what’s going on? Obviously screenshot the ad beforehand so you have proof just in case something is fishy. It’s most likely a mistake. "
  