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Renter beware: Study finds Craigslist catches barely half of scam rental listings


March 1, 2016

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A new study of listings in 20 metropolitan areas finds that Craigslist fails to identify more than half of scam rental listings on the site's pages and that suspicious postings often linger for as long as 20 hours before being removed -- more than enough time to snare victims, especially in competitive housing markets. An automated conversation engine combed through 2 million ads and identified 29,000 fraudulent ones.Full Story

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