Yes, sometimes - but the odds depend on how you paid, and the clock starts the moment you realize the listing was fake.

What should have happened: before sending a deposit, you should have verified the owner through the Clark County Assessor or property records, checked whether the person showing the place matched the actual owner or manager, and avoided paying by wire transfer, Zelle, Cash App, gift card, or crypto. Those payment methods are the toughest to reverse.

What to do now: act in this order, today.

• If you paid by debit card, report an unauthorized or fraud-related transfer to your bank within 2 business days if possible, and no later than 60 days after the statement showing the charge.
• If you paid by credit card, dispute the charge in writing within 60 days under the Fair Credit Billing Act.
• If you sent a wire, contact the bank's fraud department immediately and ask for a SWIFT recall or wire recall.
• Freeze or lock any account you gave the scammer access to, change passwords, and save screenshots, texts, emails, the listing, lease, payment receipts, and the scammer's phone numbers.
• File reports with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, the Nevada Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection, the FTC, and the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).

What comes next: your bank or card issuer will investigate, usually within days to a few billing cycles. A police report alone usually does not get your money back, but it helps with disputes and identity-theft cleanup.

If the scammer used your ID, watch for new accounts and place a fraud alert with Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. If you paid by gift card, crypto, Zelle, Venmo friends-and-family, or cash, recovery is harder, but reports still matter because they can help freeze accounts and tie your loss to a larger fraud case.