Pet-sitting and house-sitting deposit scams
What happened
A documented scam pattern that works in both directions. A fake "pet sitter" takes a booking deposit and vanishes, or a fake "client" lures a real sitter with an advance-payment or overpayment trick. Red flags: pressure to pay or refund before meeting, glowing profiles with no verifiable history, and reluctance to meet in person or do a video call. Meet any sitter (or client) and their references before money changes hands, and never pay a deposit to someone you cannot verify.
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