Cops Nab Two Suspects In "Phony Landlord" Rent Scam Using Vacant Foreclosures, Craigslist Ads To Pocket Cash From Unwitting Tenants

In Carlsbad, California, the San Diego Union Tribune reports:

• Police unraveled an elaborate scheme Friday involving two men who allegedly posed as landlords and then collected up to thousands of dollars in payments from unsuspecting renters, authorities said. According to police, the men entered at least two vacant Carlsbad homes that were in foreclosure and then listed them for rent on the Web site Craigslist.

• They collected possibly thousands of dollars in security deposits and rent from several people, according to paperwork that officers found on the men.

For more on how the scam fell apart, see 2 men arrested in scam with foreclosed homes.

See also, Police arrest two in connection with Internet rental scam.

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