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Renters tricked out of $300,000: What to look out for – Yahoo Finance Australia
One scam involves a scammer posing as a doctor in Sweden.
Scammers posing as landlords have tricked Australians out of $300,000 in the year to September, with the scam watchdog now sounding the alarm.
The volume of money lost to rental and accommodation scams has increased 76 per cent on this time last year, with Scamwatch receiving 560 reports of rental scams.
Scammers are offering reduced rents due to COVID-19 and using the government restrictions to trick people into transferring money without inspecting the property, Australian Competition and …
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