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Last updated:May 16th 2024

May 2024 Top 10 Las Vegas Rental, Services & Product Scams To Avoid on Craigslist

How to avoid Las Vegas Craigslist scams? How to avoid obnoxious Las Vegas roommates? Las Vegas Roomshares 2024 is your source for news, articles, and information concerning Las Vegas Rooms, Roommates, and the latest roomshare scams that the operators of Craigslist have allowed on their platform.

Las Vegas Craigslist scammers use Craigslist as a primary tool to scam people. For example, low-class, dirty, and scandalous women often post 15-year old pictures of themselves while soliciting a room from men; at the same time, of course, she demands a recent picture of her potential male victim.

Never send your personal pictures to potential prostitutes posing as legitmate tenants. Their intentions are illegitimate. Prostitutes share your personal photos with their pimp inorder to identify the male victim for a potential robbery.

Las Vegas Craigslist scams range from home-repair scams, contractor scams, labor scams, and even roommate scames. Craigslist lacks a filtering process to prevent such scams.

All a Las Vegas Craigslist scammer needs is an email address and/or fake phone number to begin his/her scam.

What seperates Las Vegas Roomshares from Las Vegas Craigslist is our multi-authentication process. Las Vegas Roomshares uses a process superior to Las Vegas Craigslist by requiring certain screening procedures.

10 Professional Tips to Avoid Craigslist Scams in 2024 ?

Beware of Las Vegas Craigslist female users pretending to be interested in your room or house, and then demanding a photo of you. Dating sites use women to scam persons for pictures inorder to create fake dating profiles on Badoo, Tinder, POF, etc.
Do not provide payment to anyone you have not met in person. Always rely upon Las Vegas Roomshares & Roommates for free advice, tips, and recommendations.
Beware of Las Vegas Craigslist users that offer free shipping - deal with locals you can meet in person. These are likely Las Vegas Craigslist scamsters seeking your private address. Always use caution when selling merchandise, or renting a room from a Las Vegas Craigslist users.
Beware of Russian-speaking Las Vegas Craigslist users, mainly women, looking for a Las Vegas room, but having no references or place of employment. In certain cases, they may be trying to use your home a stash house for illicit income derived from drug sales.
Beware of Las Vegas Craigslist users demanding you to wire funds (e.g. Western Union) - anyone who asks you to is a scammer.
Beware of Las Vegas Craigslist users that reveal themselves to be prisoners, convicts, or felons looking for a Las Vegas room. Never trust a convict. Always demand to know if a person has a criminal background!
Beware of Las Vegas Craigslist users asking for bitcoin, cashier/certified checks or money orders. Only accept Google-Pay, Paypal, or Cash.
Las Vegas Craigslist users immediately asking yo met you, another stranger, before any type of conversation has even taken place.
Do not meet desperate strangers you have never seen unless he/she is willing to provide assurance via a Driver's License photo or an employer's name and address that they are legitimate.
Never do Facetime with complete strangers. He/she may be seeking to capture your photo/video for ulterior motives. Meet in a public place like a Starbucks.