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

Summary by New York Post
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.

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The competitive rental market in San Francisco faces a new problem: social media scammers who steal legitimate apartment ads to attract desperate tenants. According to a SFGate report, fraudsters take real videos of tours of Bay Area real estate agents and republished them on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, but with a key modification: they offer rents at remarkably low prices. In a documented case, a TikTok account called ‘Budget Friendly …

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New York Post broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
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