<prompt> Human: TL;DR: Never get a credit report from a website other than annualcreditreport.com. Theres no need to give anyone a credit report to schedule a tour of an apartment or house Edit: unless youre in the fucking ludicrous SF Bay Area or apparently Germany. A rental agreement is not an opportunity someone gives you. Any URL that redirects to several different websites should raise all sorts of red flags. You should probably not CLICK HERE unless youve got things like Adblock and Ghostery installed.---Im posting this as a sort of PSA. I think this Craigslist scam might be especially effective on the elderly and those first starting out.I contacted someone about a rental home on Craigslist that looked surprisingly affordable for my area but still not that unusual and seemingly aboveboard with pictures and everything. This is the reply I received biggest red flags are in bold: Thank you for your interest in the property listed for rent. You were the second to reach out from the ad. The first prospective renter no longer had to move because of his home situation. So we give the opportunity to you. We just completed all new renovations and are now ready to rent with flexible terms. We will work together with you on move in date, lease security deposit and length. I know you desire the precise address of the property but my husband does not want me disclose due to security reasons. We have had a string of break-ins, squatters and thefts at our other properties. We want to avoid that with this property because of the renovations that have cost a lot of money. You will be the first to move in with the renovations. That is why we want to confirm you have your updated report before we schedule a tour. All utilities are priced into the lease along with garage parking spaces. The appliances in the kitchen and laundry room were just installed. You have the option to pick your paint color and flooring prior to your arrival. When youre ready to schedule an appointment to see the place, then please go to the link below to get your report. We recommend this site because all of our tenants used it and havent had any problems. Just fill out the form and indicate that you want the report. We arent interested in specifics of your report, its more of a formality to ensure you have rental history. Simply get your report by CLICKING HERE Remember, print out the report and bring it to the tour. Please let me know when you grab your report. I can then schedule you for a showing of the place.I was surprised by the quality of the writing, but not so surprised to see CLICKING HERE pointed to an extremely suspicious URL that ran through several redirects before landing on a credit check website that exists purely to steal your information and charge you a monthly fee for future credit reports. Theres no reason why anyone would require a credit report from you to schedule a tour of a rental house or apartment, though your credit history may be checked during your leasing process.This scam had an added layer to it, in that the replying email address was different from the Yahoo one I contacted. It used a custom domain. Running some Whois searches, I found that these scammers have stolen a few peoples identities and use them for a lot of their domain registrations, including a scam rental search site, a bunch of privacy software sites, and some SEO services. Stay skeptical, folks.  <response>: I ran into this scam as well. Without Submitting a credit check I replied that I completed the credit check and could I schedule a viewing but they never responded. Seems like they are just fishing for the info on the form and not doing the usual money order or wire money scam. 