Rental Scams for Loxkbox Showings!

[Maggie Ratner]

In St.Louis, we have had an amazing amount of scams regarding rental homes on lockbox showings. The gist is the scammers gain access either copy your keys or leave a door unlocked then copy your add to FB at approximately $200 cheaper. Then they try to collect deposit and rent and move a prospect into the property.

They use google voice, the use fake or texting apps to shield their phone numbers etc.

My question is has anyone else come across this and have you put any safe guards in place to protect property or potential resident from the scam?