Police Detective: "Rent Skimming, It Is Epidemic In The City Of L.A. Right Now"

PBS' NewsHour with Jim Lehrer reports:

• With the national foreclosure rate still climbing, some chose to live in foreclosed homes while others have been the victims of "rent skimmers," people who pretend to own a foreclosed property and scam tenants out of thousands of dollars in security deposits and fees.

For more, including link to the video broadcast of the story, see Glut of Foreclosed Homes Encourages Scams, Desperation.

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