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	<title>RDNY.com &#187; Scams</title>
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		<title>A New Twist on Craigslist Apartment Rental Scams</title>
		<link>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2012/01/a-new-twist-on-craigslist-apartment-rental-scams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2012/01/a-new-twist-on-craigslist-apartment-rental-scams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pair posted online ads and then asked responders to provide personal information, including Social Security numbers. The women then used this information to file more than 250 phony tax returns, obtain bank loans, and credit cards in the victims' names.]]></description>
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		<title>The City&#8217;s Worst Landlords &#8211; And Their Terrible Buildings</title>
		<link>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2011/12/the-citys-worst-landlords-and-their-terrible-buildings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2011/12/the-citys-worst-landlords-and-their-terrible-buildings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City's Worst Landlords - And Their Terrible Buildings]]></description>
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		<title>Getting back your &#8220;non-refundable&#8221; rental deposit</title>
		<link>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2011/08/getting-back-your-non-refundable-rental-deposit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2011/08/getting-back-your-non-refundable-rental-deposit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sherwin Belkin]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/?p=3284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The real estate agent/broker is disappointed that he won't get to keep his commission. So he's telling the renters that they will have to forfeit it to the 'landlord'.  Ha! The landlord isn't going to keep that commission and he knows it.]]></description>
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		<title>Craigslist Rental Apartment Scam Burns NY Times Travel Columnist</title>
		<link>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2011/01/craigslist-rental-apartment-scam-burns-ny-times-travel-columnist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2011/01/craigslist-rental-apartment-scam-burns-ny-times-travel-columnist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scams]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[security deposit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I filled out the online form and an agent wrote me back almost instantly. Yes, the apartment was available. Just prepay and it’s yours. Sorry, no credit cards. No PayPal, either. I should wire money, including a security deposit, to the owner’s British bank account]]></description>
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		<title>Shady NY Rental Apartment Landlord Schemes And How To Fight Back</title>
		<link>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2010/12/shady-ny-rental-apartment-landlord-schemes-and-how-to-fight-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2010/12/shady-ny-rental-apartment-landlord-schemes-and-how-to-fight-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scams]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpted from \&#8221;Shady Landlord Schemes And How To Fight Back\&#8221;  by Christopher Steiner and Maureen Farrell, in Forbes.com Two winters ago Astoria, N.Y., resident Rachel Colley was freezing in her own apartment. Looking to squeeze a few pennies, her landlord refused to crank up the heat. Colley, a senior account executive at JS2 Communications in New York, called the city...]]></description>
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		<title>Tight Market Sparks Increase in Rental Scams</title>
		<link>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2010/10/tight-market-sparks-increase-in-rental-scams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2010/10/tight-market-sparks-increase-in-rental-scams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most common scam involves legitimate rental offers, which scam artists are doctoring and posting on listing services such as Craigslist for lower rents,]]></description>
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		<title>Queens realtor slapped with charges after tenants say he scammed them out of deposits</title>
		<link>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2010/10/queens-realtor-slapped-with-charges-after-tenants-say-he-scammed-them-out-of-deposits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2010/10/queens-realtor-slapped-with-charges-after-tenants-say-he-scammed-them-out-of-deposits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scams]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[\"He said, \'You were stupid to give me the money.\' He ripped me off,\" said Perez, who has to be out of her current apartment by the end of the month and has no idea where she\'ll get the money for another deposit.]]></description>
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		<title>Even Fodor\&#8217;s is warning about apartment rental scams in New York City!</title>
		<link>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2010/09/even-fodors-is-warning-about-apartment-rental-scams-in-new-york-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2010/09/even-fodors-is-warning-about-apartment-rental-scams-in-new-york-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it\'s gone so far that even the New York Post has an article on it. The Camelot, a luxury building on West 45th St is being used by a fake company called \"Ryan &#038; Dalia Rental\" in a Craigslist scam]]></description>
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		<title>No love lost for apartment rental brokers in New York City</title>
		<link>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2010/08/no-love-lost-for-apartment-rental-brokers-in-new-york-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2010/08/no-love-lost-for-apartment-rental-brokers-in-new-york-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scams]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How about you just tell people what an apartment costs before making them take an hour out of their day to see it? I have had enough of your move-in fees and move-out fees and application fees and background fees and you-might-be-considering-a-pet fees and third-Tuesday-afternoon-of-the-month fees.]]></description>
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		<title>Here we go with craigslist again: 4 signs a craigslist apartment listing is a scam</title>
		<link>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2010/04/here-we-go-with-craigslist-again-4-signs-a-craigslist-apartment-listing-is-a-scam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rent-direct.com/blog/2010/04/here-we-go-with-craigslist-again-4-signs-a-craigslist-apartment-listing-is-a-scam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craigslist is so popular that criminals, identity thieves, email spammers and others are exploiting apartment hunters, by listing scam apartment listings. Know the signs, and move on to another listing if you come across one.]]></description>
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