We hear about these scams often, which usually involve an active or pending listing fraudulently advertised on another website (i.e., Craigslist, Facebook, etc.) at an attractive below-market rental price. We are contacted by a consumer who wants to know more about the property that is “both for sale and for rent”. Sometimes, we are contacted by a frantic consumer who believes they rented the property (sight unseen), paid the 1st and last month rents by mail to the “owner”, and still needs to pick up the key. The scenarios vary, but one thing they all have in common is an unscrupulous individual or a group that is using the listing data to lure unsuspecting consumers into their scam …