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A 2019 BBB study found that 43% of consumers shopping online for a rental property had encountered a fake listing, and more than 5 million people lost money in a rental scam.
Jul. 15—High rents and the tight supply of apartments have created prime conditions for scam artists, who fleeced New Hampshire tenants and landlords of $2.56 million in 2021, the FBI reported.
With high rents, home prices and inflation, data suggests scammers are increasingly targeting vulnerable renters and buyers. How you can avoid getting fooled.
In a housing market already strained by low inventory and surging prices, a new kind of predator is lurking in online listings. Scammers posing as landlords or sellers target desperate renters and ...
A rental scam is a form of overpayment scam that exploit renters through fake listings and false roommate offers. Scammers may overpay by check, asking victims to refund the difference, only for the check to later bounce, leaving victims liable.
An Orange County woman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of stealing more than $200,000 from people through a rental scam. Irvine resident Surong Li, 29, was arrested on charges of grand theft ...
Aaron Smith stands in the doorway of his family's former rental home at 214 E. Irvington Ave. in South Bend. The family was evicted this November after finding out they'd fallen victim to a rental ...
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