Looking for an apartment and think that Craigslist is the way to go to search for places? Be aware that of scams involving apartments.The scam goes something like this. You see a post on Craigslist that has an apartment at an unusually low price. The owner/landlord in the ad states that they are out of town on business and will mail you the keys if you mail them a check. Once they get the check, they cash it and never send you the keys leaving you scammed! What makes this scam work is that they use actual apartments that are (2 comments)