Real estate scams: how to avoid falling for one

One man is warning others to take precautions when house hunting online after he nearly became the victim of a real estate scam.

Tom Mason's search for an Orangville, Ont., home for his family was not going well. All the apartments that interested Mason were quickly snatched up by other prospective tenants.

Mason decided to take some initiative and placed a wanted ad on the classified site Kijiji.

A man who called himself Richard quickly emailed Mason about a rental property.

Richard asked for $1,000 a month in rent for a home he said he had initially listed for sale after relocating to Iowa. He now wanted to rent it because, he said, the home had failed to attract a buyer after several monthsIn the next few days we will be sharing videos from the New Yorker Fresh Island Festival 2014. In one of the biggest Hip-Hop festivals of the year, Croatia was blessed with the presence of Rick Ross, Method Man and Redman, and a last minute booking from legends Mobb Deep. I have the first official video from the New Yorker Fresh Island Festival from day one which saw Rick Ross headline the stage. Look out for plenty of more videos to come in the very near future. You can watch the New Yorker Fresh Island Festival 2014 – Day 1 Recap (Rick Ross) video on the YouTube player below.