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At 00:24 Asia/Shanghai on 20 August 2026, automatic heuristics flagged 926 of 5,424 priced no-fee long-term NYC cards, 408 of 5,441 Bay Area cards, and 576 of 5,531 Los Angeles cards. To avoid rental scams, open the original listing, tour in person, verify the poster, and 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 long-term New York apartments 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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