Police warn homeowners of 'out of town' scammers trying to sell, rent vacation properties they don't own

Police in Southampton, New York, are warning realtors and homeowners to be on the lookout for "out of town" fraudsters hoping to make a quick buck by flipping exclusive properties they do not actually own.

The scams are seeing a "sharp increase" in the Long Island hot spot, where most homes are second homes, and could be even easier to pull off in other vacation destinations around the country, where real estate attorneys aren't always involved in transactions, experts tell Fox News Digital.