Fraudsters lend fresh twist to online rental scam
Photo by: Sonietta46 BBC London uncovered a wily online rental scam that is striving for success in the city by using a new tactic to scam. The typical rental scam follows a familiar script: fraudsters paste ads of rental properties at online classified sites; they ask interested renters to send across money as a deposit before they send across the keys to the apartment. The deposit sent, the victims are left high and dry, never to hear of the fraudsters again. The new scam uses a fresh ruse
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