Testing Rental Scams Via Rental Rates
December 19, 2009 at 6:24 pm | Posted in Tips to Avoid Scams | 1 CommentOne of the strategies of rental scammers is to price the ‘fake’ rental below the average rental rate in a specific market. This allows the scammers to receive as many emails or inquiries as possible.
One way to see if a rental is too good to be true is to look at average rental rates for like properties within that area. rentBits has a rental rates tool that currently offers rental rates for over 4,000 cities in the US.
For example, if you see an ad on Craigslist for a two bedroom home for rent in Phoenix for $400 / mo. You can go to rentBits.com and see that the average rental rates in phoenix are $786. For a 2 bedroom home in Phoenix, the current rental rate is $787 / Mo.
Known Rental Scammers
December 6, 2009 at 4:46 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Commentshelen_brown35@hotmail.com
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64% Of Renters Have Come Across a Rental Scam
November 30, 2009 at 8:36 pm | Posted in Rental Scams | Leave a commentAccording to our most recent rentBits.com survey of 1000 renters, 64% of them said they came across an ad or received an email that they suspected to be a rental scam. 4% of the renters said they were a victim of the scam.
Top 15 Cities for Rental Scams
November 7, 2009 at 10:32 pm | Posted in Local Rental Scams | Leave a commentAt RentalScams.org, we have been keeping track of the various rental scams within the United States. Rental scams continue to increase in volume year over year. Below is a Google graph of rental scam interest over time:
With that said, we wanted to see the cities that are hit with rental scams.
Below are the top 15 cities in the US for the most rental scams.
Known Rental Scammer – sb.1234@hotmail.com
October 1, 2009 at 6:20 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 2 CommentsTags: rental scammers
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Am so happy to hear from you…I am really interested In the apartment and I hope to rent it ..I only want to stay their for the period of two Months I will Like to know the total price for three Months…I am in the UK right Now am coming to US for a business trip so i decided to rent an apartment instead of me Lodging an hotel….I will be paying in advance to secure the apartment Okay I will pay you for two Month rent and when i get to the state I will Pay u the rest and i will be paying you via cashier check Okay..Please get back to me with ur full details for the check to be sent to..and also if there is any other fees i will be paying for please don’t hesitate to notify me Please
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