From: Beverly Hay
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:49 PM
Subject: Alert–Craigslist Scam
ALERT:
Scammers are posting MLS listings on Craig’s List as rentals without the owner’s knowledge or permission!
The scam comes when potential renters send or wire deposit money.
**The FBI has issued a consumer alert affecting real estate listings in a rental housing scam. Criminals are searching Web sites that list homes for sale.
They take the information in those ads and post it, with their own e-mail address, in an ad on Craigslist (without Craigslist consent or knowledge) under the housing rentals category. The houses are almost always listed with below market rental rates. The listings may be posted on other rental sites.
Members, you may wish to consider signing up for Google Alerts http://www.google.com/alerts for each of your listings in order to get an e-mail anytime that address is posted on a Web site. This will allow you to check the validity.

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