A new wave of fraudsters is about to add a huge headache to your next housing hunt

businessinsider.com/real-estate-scam-leasing-fraud-landlord-apartment-application-screening-2025-10

Jared Decker was on his way to lunch when he received the phone call that kicked off a monthslong real estate nightmare.
It was the fall of 2023, and the caller was an aggrieved local businessman in Tampa, Florida, who had just discovered thousands of dollars missing from his bank…

This story appeared on businessinsider.com, 2025-10-08 08:07:01.
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