Amid Australia's housing shortage, brazen rental scams are infiltrating major property websites, targeting those desperate to find somewhere to call home.
For Tasmanian couple Cody and Jaiden, the search for a place to call home has been nothing short of a struggle.  After countless inspections, application submissions, and rejections spanning almost two years, the couple thought they had finally secured a home - only to find out that was far from the truth. Unable to reach the agent for a house listed on Realestate.com, Cody took his chance at contacting the supposed owner of the same property listed on Facebook.
Peter Doukas, chair of the Ethnic Communities’ Council of NSW, said they've noticed a surge in international students being targeted by scammers . "I think it got worse after COVID, and now that housing is such a crisis, particularly in our large cities, that problem continues to worsen," Doukas said. Asal, an international student from Uzbekistan said finding a place to live was extremely difficult, despite extensive research before arriving in Australia.
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