Deborah A. Kosak Deborah Kozak Homeless person/craigslist roomate scammer Delaware County PA

Deborah A. Kosak contacted me in response to a Craigslist ad I posted seeking a roomate. She came to my home and demanded that her name be put on there rental lease prior to her moving in. I declined. I allowed Deborah to move her belongings in from storage as a courtesy. I gave her a key so I wouldn’t have to rush home to let her in.

After conducting a background check on Deborah, I was made aware of a criminal history including terroristic threats, criminal trespassing, aggravated assault and more. I confronted Deborah and she denied any wrongdoing, stating that she just had bad experiences with former roommates.

I asked her what her current address was and she gave me the address of a homeless shelter. My neighbors downstairs recognized Deborah coming and going and informed me she is a known homeless woman. Meanwhile, her belongings were in my home and I started to get insect bites all over my body.

She brought bed bugs in to my home, which costed about 3,000 for pest control to treat my home. I called Deborah and told her we cannot move forward, and that her belongings were outside. Unfortunately she still had my key and began moving more stuff in after I told her not to. She ate my food, used my shower and rearranged the entire house to her liking.

I had to change the locks. So I offered to have her things moved to a location of her choice and she declined. One morning Deborah showed up unannounced armed with a video camera. I happened to be outside and she began filming me and my property, sticking her camera right in my face. I called the police and she was asked to leave the neighborhood.

I had a bike lock around my gated fence and it was tampered with. After I thought things would calm down, she started threatening me with a lawsuit, claiming I was in violation of written and verbal agreements which was only emails and text messages as well as informal conversation.

She called the local police and began harassing them as well. But she didn’t stop there..she called my uncle and father at their places of work to harass them. This woman wanted her name on the lease and all her stuff inside so that she could squat and not pay rent.

She is a known homeless woman and a dangerous individual as well as a scam artist. Stay away from her...she will bring chaos into your life.