# Is this ad on the level? Or are they trying to scam me?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ad-on-the-level-or-are-they-trying-to-scam-me/481497>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 15, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ad-on-the-level-or-are-they-trying-to-scam-me/481497 "2009-01-15T21:18:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ad-on-the-level-or-are-they-trying-to-scam-me/481497/1 "2009-01-15T21:18:42Z")

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[http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/apa/994223216.html](http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/apa/994223216.html)

Seems a little unbelievable that I can rent (or buy) a whole house for what I am paying for a small apartment.

I’m seeing a lot of these ads. Real? Or trolling for suckers?

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ad-on-the-level-or-are-they-trying-to-scam-me/481497/2 "2009-01-15T21:20:15Z")

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There’s a lot of these which are scams. They are just trying to get you to wire or otherwise send them $$, they don’t even own the property.