SHAMELESS scammers are hiring out Airbnbs to pose as estate agents and landlords, before swindling desperate Brits out of ...

Channel 4 rent scam documentary reveals fraud costs tenants £12m a year with as many as half of Facebook Marketplace listings ...

A 40-year-old woman from Shanghai, surnamed Meng, orchestrated an elaborate scam by staging a fake wedding with a man she met ...

As students begin their searching for accommodations ahead of the 2025 academic year, scammers are are increasingly using ...

Almost three-quarters (74 per cent) of the rentals investigated on Facebook Marketplace had at least one red flag of being a scam, according to Meta’s own guidance. It was a fake estate agent ...

For years, most fake rentals on Craigslist often preyed on renters ... Everything about the contemporary San Francisco apartment scam listing looks real, except the price.

As Los Angeles residents are being displaced from their homes amid the catastrophic Palisades and Eaton wildfires—among others— they are also facing greater risk of rental scams. Renters on ...

One common scam involves fake vacation rentals that are nonexistent or significantly different from their advertised appearance. Travelers should be cautious of phishing emails and text messages ...

The scammers post fake listing on sites like Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist using fake names and burner phone numbers.