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On 16 August 2026 this AI apartment finder flagged 1131 of 5949 priced no fee long term apartment rentals NYC as scam_level above zero, plus 502 Bay Area and 695 Los Angeles cards. Flags are automatic heuristics, not human checks. Open the original post and tour before paying. Never wire money.
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Counts use live inventory where is_no_fee=1 and price>0 and segment='long'. A flag is scam_level>0. Snapshot: Asia/Shanghai. These are machine heuristics (price far below metro median, scam phrasing), not a verification of the landlord or the unit.
| Metro | Priced cards | Caution (level 1) | High (level 2) | Flag rate | Clean priced | Clean median | Board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York City | 5,949 | 790 | 341 | 19.0% | 4,818 | $3,000 | /m/nyc/long |
| SF Bay Area | 6,201 | 454 | 48 | 8.1% | 5,699 | $2,216 | /m/sf/long |
| Los Angeles | 6,175 | 580 | 115 | 11.3% | 5,480 | $1,916 | /m/la/long |
| Chicago | 4,795 | 344 | 104 | 9.3% | 4,347 | $1,650 | /m/chi/long |
National priced no-fee cards with any flag: 7,295 (2,172 at scam_level=2). National clean no-fee live: 67,200. Source: NoFeeNest listings table, filters is_no_fee=1 and price>0.
A caution badge is not proof of fraud, and a clean card is not a guarantee. For apartment New York Langzeitmiete searches, NYC still has the highest flag rate of the three coastal boards (19.0% versus 8.1% Bay Area). Use the badge as a reason to slow down: confirm the address, meet at the unit, and pay only after you have the keys and a signed lease.
Treat every card as unverified. As of 2026-08-16, 1,131 of 5,949 priced NYC long-term no-fee leads have scam_level>0 (341 at level 2). Open the original post, tour in person, and never wire money. Flags are automatic heuristics, not a human review.
Source: https://nofeenest.com/core/article10.html#faq-scam-1
On 2026-08-16 the NYC long-term no-fee board had 5,949 priced cards: 790 caution (scam_level=1) and 341 high (scam_level=2), or 19.0% flagged. Clean priced NYC long-term cards: 4,818, median $3,000. Source: NoFeeNest listings table.
Source: https://nofeenest.com/core/article10.html#faq-scam-2
As of 2026-08-16, Bay Area long-term priced no-fee inventory is 6,201 cards with 454 caution and 48 high flags (8.1%). Clean priced count is 5,699, median $2,216. Browse /m/sf/long and still confirm the original post.
Source: https://nofeenest.com/core/article10.html#faq-scam-3
No. NoFeeNest is a free AI apartment finder that only aggregates public posts. National snapshot on 2026-08-16: 7,295 priced no-fee cards flagged (2,172 at scam_level=2) across 64,749 clean priced cards. It never handles payments or identity checks.
Source: https://nofeenest.com/core/article10.html#faq-scam-4
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