Scammers are scraping rental listings off the Internet and using real estate agents’ identity from the listings to dupe would-be clients.
Scammers are reportedly taking rental listings off of websites and reposting them at lower rent than the original listing. The renter then corresponds with the scammer, often through email. Scammers will create e-mail addresses that reflect the listing agent’s name to trick clients, and will use a phone number with the agent’s area code.
