A new scam is targeting apartment hunters with fake application fees.
The Wisconsin Division of Trade and Consumer Protection say scammers pose as landlords and direct people to pay to fill out a fake application before they could “even tour the property.” Officials say future renters should verify the listing by looking at rental companies’ official websites, satellite or street-view maps and look up property records.
The FTC says between 2020 and 2025, 65-million dollars was lost to rental scams, with young renters hit the hardest.
