Beware of apartment, house hunting scams
Mia Tricarico
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) — House hunting has evolved with tech-savvy tools like Zillow and Apartments.com, but for one Las Cruces family, this type of website cost them more than $1,000.
At the beginning of the family’s search for a new home, it wanted an apartment in a safe neighborhood quickly. The thought of predatory scammers didn’t cross their minds.
The family found a listing that appeared legitimate led to a costly, dangerous trap.
ABC-7 will speak with the family about how they were scammed while apartment hunting.