Consumer advocates are warning Calgarians about scammers exploiting genuine real estate listings to rip off people seeking rental properties
Consumer advocates are warning Calgarians about scammers exploiting genuine real estate listings to rip off people seeking rental properties. The heads-up comes after a city couple desperately seeking a home to rent fell for the scheme they found on a website Oct. 12 ? wiring $966 to a Nigerian recipient claiming to be a Calgary doctor headed to Africa to do Christian missionary work with a southwest home for rent.