Scam targets prospective renters, Calgary police warn

At least 13 people who werelooking for a place to live in Calgaryweretaken in by a rental scam this week, police say.

The victimsrespondedto an internet banner ad placed on various websites that listedapartment unitsfor rent ina building in the Killarney-Glengarry area, police said in arelease.

A man and a woman showed the potential tenants the suites, gave them their keys and collected rent, police said. Victimswere then told theirsuite was being renovated andthey were given a move-in date.

When the new tenants returned to the building, they discovered theirkeys did not work and realized they had been victims of a fraud, police said.

The building is on the 2000 block of 34 Street in the city's southwest.

Police are looking for the two people who showed the apartment.