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Not long ago I heard from one of Chicago’s newer high-rises that people were arriving at the building believing they had reservations for short-term stays. They presented print-outs of their reservations to the building staff, who informed them that they were the victims of a scam. Several days ago I received an email from an ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on February 22, 2013
Craigslist posters often scrape photos from Realtor listings and use them to enhance the credibility of fraudulent offers. The most common form of fraud is rental service agents advertising listings with which they have no connection, and then advising respondents that the property has been rented but that they have many similar offerings to show ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on July 9, 2012
We recently wrote about Trulia’s doomed efforts to cut back on apartment rental scams in its listings. The scams continue, as they always will wherever the slimy rental services we routinely refer to as bedbugs are allowed to have a presence. We have yet to find a rental service that operates its business in an ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on August 3, 2011
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