Rental fraud: the Facebook and Gumtree scam targeting desperate tenants

theguardian.com/money/2025/jul/20/rental-fraud-facebook-gumtree-scam-landlord-deposits

Posing as a landlord, fraudsters post adverts for affordable properties to lure victims into parting with deposits upfront
You’re desperately hunting for somewhere to live and scouring rental sites. The odds are stacked against you. Rents are high everywhere – in London tenants are…

This story appeared on theguardian.com, 2025-07-20 07:00:42.
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