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Our team is now equipped with a new tool that helps us identify\u00a0<\/span>and remove rental scams that use your listing photos<\/a> and information.<\/p>\n

It is more and more common for fraudsters to use the photos we put up\u00a0<\/span>online to make fake rental ads (often with very cheap rent to entice tenants) and scam renters out of a security deposit. Now, with the \u201c<\/span>Property Shield<\/strong>\u201d<\/span> tool, we are notified when these posts appear online, and we can quickly use the software to remove them. For example, here\u2019s a snippet of the alert we got for one of Shelley\u2019s<\/a> recent listings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our team is now equipped with a new tool that helps us identify\u00a0and remove rental scams that use your listing photos and information. 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