So apt. I’m moving to the Monterey area in the coming months and looking at places to rent. I started with Craigslist and emailed some listings without thinking

So apt. I’m moving to the Monterey area in the coming months and looking at places to rent. I started with Craigslist and emailed some listings without thinking much of it. And fell for one person telling me they can’t let me see the property but I have to send them an application with rent attached. I quickly realized what was happening. Then I moved on to Zillow and saw postings by rental agencies mixed in postings by unknowns. So I think those are scammy too(the unknowns). From Zillow I got some names of property management companies and now I look straight on their website. It seems like people on Zillow copy rental agency postings for scamming. But they definitely copy Zillow postings on to craigslist. This arrival seemed relevant to what I’m going through now. So I figured I’d pitch in with a bit of my story.