I am seeing more and more properties these days advertised for rent on Craigslist that are not really available for rent.  They are typically properties that are really listed for sale -- and some Craigslist scammer grabs the photos and listing information from the web and promotes the property for rent on Craigslist.

If you e-mail the supposed owner of the property through Craigslist you'll usually discover that they had to relocate internationally and thus they just really need to find a tenant.  They are typically offering properties for lease at ridiculously low rental rates -- so low that prospective tenants seeing the ads on Craigslist almost already know that it is a scam.  If it seems too good to be true, it probably is! 

Before you mail away your money (never to be seen again) to a property owner who advertised their property for rent on Craigslist, you might want to first check to see if the property is also listed for sale, and if so, verify the supposed owner's story with the actual owner's Realtor.
  

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