Flagging can be unrewarding to the flagger as well. If I'm hunting an apartment deal, email 100 ads, determine 70 are fake, flagging the fakes to remove the ads I already know are bad is just going to bring in more competition for the places I want. A lot of fakes reuse something, like pictures or contact information, etc. so you can identify their future posts as well.
The real world rewards are huge. I know people who have sublet a place worth $5k USD/month from someone for $2.5k USD/month because they hunted for a deal and found someone who had to go move and take care of their parents ASAP and that person didn't have any other immediate takers pop up so quick.
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Flagging can be unrewarding to the flagger as well. If I'm hunting an apartment deal, email 100 ads, determine 70 are fake, flagging the fakes to remove the ads I already know are bad is just going to bring in more competition for the places I want. A lot of fakes reuse something, like pictures or contact information, etc. so you can identify their future posts as well.
The real world rewards are huge. I know people who have sublet a place worth $5k USD/month from someone for $2.5k USD/month because they hunted for a deal and found someone who had to go move and take care of their parents ASAP and that person didn't have any other immediate takers pop up so quick.