{"id":759,"date":"2025-03-25T22:54:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T22:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/?p=759"},"modified":"2025-03-25T23:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T23:00:12","slug":"rental-property-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Rental Property Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to identify a rental property scam&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The opportunity is too good to be true<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A rental property scam may start out where the rent may seem too low for the neighborhood or property shown in the listing? To entice renters, rental property scammers advertise deals that may seem too good to be true. They\u2019ll stress urgency and that if you don\u2019t act quickly, the deal will be gone fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>They will apply pressure to send personal information or money before you\u2019ve seen the property<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A listing contact asking for personally identifiable information is a sign that they may be attempting <a href=\"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/fraud-terms\/\">identity theft<\/a>. This is very different from tenant screening, which is a process that typically does not start until after a prospective tenant has toured the unit and submitted an application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The person listing the rental is unwilling to meet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They say they will mail you the keys???? &nbsp;But the supposed landlord, property manager, or agent can\u2019t meet. They will have some excuse not to meet like they\u2019re out of the country or they had to tend to a family emergency out of town. The stories will vary, but remain vigilant and proceed with caution; this is likely a bad sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Requests to send payment using untraceable payment methods<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is the listing contact directing you to a sketchy website for payment? Do they want you to pay an application fee or deposit via cash, wire transfer, cryptocurrency, gift cards? These methods are infinitely more difficult to trace or track. Being asked for any payment or payment details before you\u2019ve seen a property is also a red flag.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can\u2019t verify the property is actually for rent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another rental property fraud tactic involves listing properties that don\u2019t actually exist or aren\u2019t actually for rent. They usually start with a fake listing, but the other scenario is where the swindle may involve a showing either in-person or virtual, of a property that is usually one that&#8217;s vacant. If you can\u2019t track a listing back to a property management website, office, or government record, proceed with caution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to identify a rental property scam&nbsp; The opportunity is too good to be true A rental property scam may start out where the rent may seem too low for the neighborhood or property shown in the listing? To entice renters, rental property scammers advertise deals that may seem too good to be true. They\u2019ll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scams"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rental Property Scam - Current Scams<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rental property scams have been around since long before the internet. And while the methods have changed, the core practice remains the same\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rental Property Scam - Current Scams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rental property scams have been around since long before the internet. And while the methods have changed, the core practice remains the same\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Current Scams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/csreporter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T22:54:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T23:00:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/real-estate-6688945_640.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"glrubens\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"glrubens\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/25\\\/rental-property-scam\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/25\\\/rental-property-scam\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"glrubens\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0dc3078dd017dba32728bfc25a30a378\"},\"headline\":\"Rental Property Scam\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-25T22:54:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-25T23:00:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/25\\\/rental-property-scam\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":362,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/25\\\/rental-property-scam\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/real-estate-6688945_640.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Scams\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/25\\\/rental-property-scam\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/25\\\/rental-property-scam\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/25\\\/rental-property-scam\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rental Property Scam - Current Scams\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/25\\\/rental-property-scam\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/25\\\/rental-property-scam\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/real-estate-6688945_640.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-25T22:54:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-25T23:00:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"Rental property scams have been around since long before the internet. And while the methods have changed, the core practice remains the same\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/25\\\/rental-property-scam\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/25\\\/rental-property-scam\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/25\\\/rental-property-scam\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/real-estate-6688945_640.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/real-estate-6688945_640.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":427,\"caption\":\"rental property scam - current scams\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/25\\\/rental-property-scam\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rental Property Scam\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Current Scams\",\"description\":\"Current Scams\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"G & M Associates, LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/reveal2-921500_1280.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/reveal2-921500_1280.jpg\",\"width\":1101,\"height\":1280,\"caption\":\"G & M Associates, LLC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/csreporter\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0dc3078dd017dba32728bfc25a30a378\",\"name\":\"glrubens\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c852c6bbd6014734a0cfabdcfc72eef45d1206c154f4ff892846c7d153aa48ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c852c6bbd6014734a0cfabdcfc72eef45d1206c154f4ff892846c7d153aa48ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c852c6bbd6014734a0cfabdcfc72eef45d1206c154f4ff892846c7d153aa48ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"glrubens\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/glrubens\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rental Property Scam - Current Scams","description":"Rental property scams have been around since long before the internet. And while the methods have changed, the core practice remains the same","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rental Property Scam - Current Scams","og_description":"Rental property scams have been around since long before the internet. And while the methods have changed, the core practice remains the same","og_url":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/","og_site_name":"Current Scams","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/csreporter\/","article_published_time":"2025-03-25T22:54:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-25T23:00:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":427,"url":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/real-estate-6688945_640.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"glrubens","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"glrubens","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/"},"author":{"name":"glrubens","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0dc3078dd017dba32728bfc25a30a378"},"headline":"Rental Property Scam","datePublished":"2025-03-25T22:54:39+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-25T23:00:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/"},"wordCount":362,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/real-estate-6688945_640.jpg","articleSection":["Scams"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/","url":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/","name":"Rental Property Scam - Current Scams","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/real-estate-6688945_640.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-25T22:54:39+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-25T23:00:12+00:00","description":"Rental property scams have been around since long before the internet. And while the methods have changed, the core practice remains the same","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/real-estate-6688945_640.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/real-estate-6688945_640.jpg","width":640,"height":427,"caption":"rental property scam - current scams"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/rental-property-scam\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rental Property Scam"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/","name":"Current Scams","description":"Current Scams","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#organization","name":"G & M Associates, LLC","url":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/reveal2-921500_1280.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/reveal2-921500_1280.jpg","width":1101,"height":1280,"caption":"G & M Associates, LLC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/csreporter\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0dc3078dd017dba32728bfc25a30a378","name":"glrubens","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c852c6bbd6014734a0cfabdcfc72eef45d1206c154f4ff892846c7d153aa48ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c852c6bbd6014734a0cfabdcfc72eef45d1206c154f4ff892846c7d153aa48ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c852c6bbd6014734a0cfabdcfc72eef45d1206c154f4ff892846c7d153aa48ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"glrubens"},"url":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/author\/glrubens\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":764,"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions\/764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}