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Scammers prey on Victorians amid scramble for rental properties – The Age
As fierce competition drives up rents across regional areas, scammers lurking in Facebook groups are advertising fraudulent rental properties and demanding money…
In Shepparton, a woman living in a caravan park recently accessed her superannuation to pay four weeks rent and bond to a suspected scammer who was advertising a rental on a local Facebook group.
Michelle Attenborough, a case worker at Shepparton Families and Financial Services who was helping the woman, said the property looked too good to be true.
One of Michelle Attenboroughs clients through Shepparton Families and Financial Services was offered a rental on Facebook that she suspects is a scam.Credit:Jason…
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