Residential Real Estate Broker · Chicago Suburbs, IL · Member since 2013 · 1k+ posts · 594 votes
Please help me flag a ripped off rental listing before someone gets scammed, see fraudulent listing below. They took my listing pic and text, cut the rent in half and added another bathroom, etc. I reported it to Craigslist,FTC, and internet crimes even though its probably a waste of time.
In the future put watermarks on your pictures or don't list the exterior pictures of the house. There's another thread or two out there about Craigslist scams and how to handle them.
In the future put watermarks on your pictures or don't list the exterior pictures of the house. There's another thread or two out there about Craigslist scams and how to handle them.
how to watermark has been on my to-do list to figure out, now it just got bumped to the top! I will read the links you sent, thanks!
I really don't want someone to get robbed by scamming my listing.
It's happened to me -- someone tried stealing my listing! Luckily the people never sent any money, they came up to me while I was at the property and I let them know it was a scam.
The same thing just happened to me. I posted my house for rent on Zillow and someone ripped it off and put it on Craigslist at half of the rent. They then responded to people saying that they owned the house and that they are a reverend that moved to do missionary work and for people to send them the deposit. If people could flag this listing too it would be greatly appreciated:
Had someone call me and ask which price my house was renting for, that there were two Ads. It's crazy that people are actually getting conned out of money this way.