Beware of Facebook Rental Scam Exposed By Warrensburg Police
Warrensburg Police alerted the public, especially University of Central Missouri students, about a rental scam that has been happening on Facebook marketplace. Six individuals were scammed, or almost scammed, by the fake rental available for $600 on Facebook.
The property, at 405 W. Gay, was offered on Facebook Marketplace for $600 by the scammers. According to Warrensburg Police this property was for sale by Key Realty and the scammer pulled photos off the on-line listing and used them on their Facebook Marketplace advertisement.
According to posters on the Warrensburg Police Facebook page who looked into the supposed rental, if someone wanted to see the apartment, the scammer would either set a time to show the place and not show up. Or in one case claimed to be a football coach in Texas who wanted to do the transaction entirely online.