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We’ve heard about these rental scams happening two ways: scammers use legitimate rental listings but claim to be the landlord (but they’re not), or they make up listings for places that either aren’t for rent or don’t actually exist.
4 paź 2022 · What are common rental scams to watch out for? Watch out for these 8 warning signs that you're dealing with a scammer: The listing photos have an MLS watermark.
27 wrz 2024 · Quick tips to avoid rental scams when you’re searching for a rental. Verify: Check ownership and licensing of landlord/property manager. Phone numbers alone can be spoofed, so corroborate authenticity with supplemental info. Meet: When possible, meet in person. Don’t rent unseen unless you’ve verified the property with a trusted source.
22 sie 2022 · Scammers take over legitimate rental listings and make them their own. Scammers copy the pictures and descriptions of online rental listings, replace the agent’s contact information with their own, and post the phony ads on a new site.
An in-depth investigative study by Better Business Bureau, (BBB) finds that fraud is widespread in the online rental home and vacation rental market, with 43% of online shoppers encountering a...
3 cze 2024 · BBB Scam Tracker has gotten numerous reports of a clever travel scam this summer vacation season. Con artists pretend to own a vacation rental and insist on being paid directly rather than...
31 lip 2024 · Scammers can steal legitimate rental listings for real places and pretend to be the landlord. Sometimes scammers use social media groups to post made-up listings for places that aren’t actually available to rent — and sometimes for place that don’t even exist.
