MSN: Scammers Targeting Renters

Courtesy Digg - Business & Finance  Tue, 06/23/2009 - 01:00

Combine a bad economy, a glut of abandoned homes and people in need of cheap housing and you've got rich ground for con artists posing as landlords and targeting renters.


 

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