Scams posing as potential renters or landlords is a well-known problem -- but now they're using the Zelle quick-pay app to receive cash from victims.
IRVINE, Calif. -- Esther Jung was trying to sublet her UC Irvine-adjacent apartment when she heard from a potential renter.Bakersfield's Ralph Hunt was trying to rent an apartment in Utah.
"I started looking on Craigslist," Hunt told our sister station in San Francisco, KGO-TV,"and I found a listing for what they called a basement unit." Both Jung and Hunt got taken in and taken advantage of. Jung's fake renter even built a relationship."She told me about herself. She asked me to tell her about myself," Jung said."She seemed more interested in looking at the apartment."
The"renter" sent Jung a check, then shortly thereafter asked for the money back. Jung checked and it appeared to have cleared the bank. "So I gave her, her money back and it turned out the check was a fraud," she says."In total, I lost $2,905 which is a lot for a college student.""Yeah in total I paid $1,100," says Hunt.
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