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ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has released a fraud alert after receiving an increase in reports of rental fraud.
According to an ECSO Facebook post, the suspect would ask renters to pay deposits with gift cards after posting a rental home on Facebook Marketplace.
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The information looks legitimate as the rental properties appear to be copied from real estate agency sites…