Ocean Beach renter loses thousands to fake landlord

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A deal that was too good to be true cost a prospective renter in San Diego’s Ocean Beach thousands of dollars.

“I got fooled. It’s easy to get fooled,” said victim Alexzandria Moya.

Alexzandria Moya said after posting on the Nextdoor app about needing a place to live, she was contacted by a woman offering a small one-and-a-half-bedroom house in Ocean Beach. That price is well below the average cost of rent for that area, which is about $2,500 a month, according to the Zumper rental market…

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