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Scammers target desperate renters on Sunshine Coast as housing crisis continues

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ABC News

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Edwina Storie

Abstract

Scammers are taking advantage of the desperate rental situation on the Sunshine Coast, where the vacancy rate has dipped as low as 0.5 per cent in some areas.

Since the start of the year the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has received 32 reports of rental or accommodation scams from Queenslanders, totalling $8,000 in losses.

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