Social media scammers are ripping real estate agents’ house videos and making money

Fuente: New York Post

San Francisco’s already cutthroat rental market has a new villain — social media scammers swiping legit apartment listings and flipping them into viral bait for desperate renters. Fraudsters are stealing real apartment tour videos from Bay Area realtors and reposting them on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, but with one major twist: they slash the rent to jaw-dropping prices, according to a report by SFGate. In one case, a TikTok account dubbed “Budget Friendly Homes” (aka for_rent_sanfrancisco) racked up nearly 12,000 followers by posting glossy walkthroughs of trendy units near Alamo Square — advertising one-bedrooms for as little as $1,800 a month.