Online vacation scams on the rise

A growing number of visitors looking for fun in the Keys sun are finding that sometimes, there's a dark side to these islands: Increasingly, those who book vacation rentals listed on Web sites such as www.craigslist.com arrive here only to discover they've been scammed.The problem is evidenced by three police reports filed just last week by out-of-towners showing up to check in to their rentals. The problem: The purported owners can't be found and, in one case, the visitors were

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