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

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

In so-called rental listing scams, scammers will make up listings that aren't available for rent or simply do not exist in ...

When his Altadena home burned, Todd Smoyer was thrust into a desperate house hunt alongside thousands of other families. He ...

According to the ACCC’s Scamwatch, Australians lost more than $318m to scammers last year and when it comes to real estate scams, buyers, sellers and renters are all at risk. But by keeping up to date ...

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

who was swindled out of thousands in an elaborate scam via Open Rent in London. A criminal posing as an estate agent had ripped property images from an Airbnb listing, which the fake estate ...

That is, of course, unless you get duped. In so-called rental listing scams, scammers will make up listings that aren't available for rent or simply do not exist in order to fraudulently take your ...