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Anatomy of a Craigslist Rental Scam – How to Detect Rental Scams on Craigslist

By now, in 2018, most people know that rental scams on Craigslist abound. But how to tell a Craigslist rental scam is not as well known. Below is an example of a Craigslist rental scam. The scammer calls himself Bob Osell, claims to be renting the house located at 2237 Kay St. in Longmont, Colorado, and to be reachable at (760)2378225.

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Hire a Goat on Amazon!

Amazon has just rolled out their “Hire a Goat Grazer” service, through their Amazon Home Services (which used to be called Amazon Local), through which you can hire a herd of goats, along with a goatherd, to graze and forage your yard or land. No, it’s not an April Fools’ joke.

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Facebook Movies Launch Gives Netflix, Amazon a Run for Their Money

In yet one more bid to ensure that Facebook users never leave Facebook’s site (and, of course, if they do, Facebook will be following them), Facebook has announced the launch of their Facebook Movies service. The Facebook movie service, which is a movie rental service, allows users to trade Facebook credits to rent and stream a movie for up to 48 hours. First up: the Batman movie, The Dark Knight. That said, the Facebook movie rental service isn’t actually being offered by Facebook itself, so much as being permitted by Facebook, for a cut of the action.