The scams are mainly aimed at students and holiday makers sourcing rental properties on online posting sites, like Gumtree, where landlords can post up rental adverts for free or a small fee.
The rental adverts are usually for properties in great areas at low rents that might make potential tenants take greater financial risk to try to secure what sounds like a great opportunity.
The fraudster landlord will then try to get the potential tenant to make a deposit of rental payment up front, once a payment is paid they will disappear without trace.
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