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Renting from landlord abroad

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  • 03-06-2014 4:01pm
    #1
    niamh92
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭


    Hi guys,
    i am looking at renting my first apartment and have found the perfect one online however the landlord is out of the country and wants us to send money before we see the apartment. once this has happened he will send someone with the keys for us to have a look and if we like it sign a lease. i gather from his emails that if we dont like it this person will give us back the money we sent originally. as i have said this is my first time renting. my parents think it sounds a bit fishy but i don't know if that is a practice used by landlords. wondering of someone could help me out


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    #2
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users Posts: 7,936 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    stay well away!!

    ask him if he has a car in the port in malaga for sale at a discount rate too!


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    #3
    Barna152
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Barna152


    Don't even touch this one. No legit landlord will ask you to send money before you even see the apartment. This is 100% a scam. Be sure to report it on the website where you found it.


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    Ardeehey
    Registered Users Posts: 193 ✭✭Ardeehey


    absolutely scam...money upfront before you see the place...come on!


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    doiredoire
    Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭doiredoire


    niamh92 wrote: »
    Hi guys,
    i am looking at renting my first apartment and have found the perfect one online however the landlord is out of the country and wants us to send money before we see the apartment. once this has happened he will send someone with the keys for us to have a look and if we like it sign a lease. i gather from his emails that if we dont like it this person will give us back the money we sent originally. as i have said this is my first time renting. my parents think it sounds a bit fishy but i don't know if that is a practice used by landlords. wondering of someone could help me out

    I would listen to your parents in this case. Sounds very fishy to me.


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    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭TwoShedsJackson


    Definitely a scam.


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    #7
    Ardeehey
    Registered Users Posts: 193 ✭✭Ardeehey


    I have read some posts before where people have managed to take the photos used in the offending advert and trace them back to their origins...normally ends up being a really cool place in Barcelona or Mongolia....maybe someone here knows how but it's a definite scam


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    the_barfly1
    Registered Users Posts: 578 ✭✭✭the_barfly1


    if you have photos of the place and google chrome just right click on one of the photos and "search google for this image". theres plenty of scammers out there


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    niamh92
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭niamh92


    thanks everyone. never mind my parents when i said it to my boyfriend he nearly went mad!


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    niamh92
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭niamh92


    the_barfly1 wrote: »
    if you have photos of the place and google chrome just right click on one of the photos and "search google for this image". theres plenty of scammers out there

    the same apartment is also for rent in d.1, d.6, sallynoggin and is a hotel in chelsea


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    Funky G
    Registered Users Posts: 250 ✭✭Funky G


    Scam. Avoid.


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    murphaph
    Registered Users Posts: 19,018 ✭✭✭✭murphaph


    niamh92 wrote: »
    the same apartment is also for rent in d.1, d.6, sallynoggin and is a hotel in chelsea
    Some sort of TARDIS you've found there! Yeah, typical scam behaviour but it must still be catching people out or they wouldn't still be at it.


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    The_Morrigan
    Moderators Posts: 9,368 ✭✭✭The_Morrigan


    niamh92 wrote: »
    the same apartment is also for rent in d.1, d.6, sallynoggin and is a hotel in chelsea

    Niamh, please report the ad so that it can be removed by the websites.


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    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users Posts: 7,936 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    can you post a link please??


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    petecork
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭petecork


    These are fake:

    daft.ie/21450703

    daft.ie/21450667

    I saw many similar to these over the weekend, with this in the description, they probably want to be emailed directly to that when daft.ie remove the ad they have to way of letting people who replied know it was a scam
    PLEASE NOTE VERY CAREFUL:

    I can't respond you from my user because i working very much time and i am very busy and i don't have time to enter on my user.

    I can send you my work email to give you more information about my apartment.

    Here is my personal email to contact me here:

    ________(at)gmail com
    Please don't forget to contact in my work mail!!
    Thank you for your attention


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    QuiteInterestin
    Registered Users Posts: 623 ✭✭✭QuiteInterestin


    niamh92 wrote: »
    the same apartment is also for rent in d.1, d.6, sallynoggin and is a hotel in chelsea

    As others have said, it's definitely a scam. Sounds like one I reported on Daft yesterday (was also a hotel in Chelsea). Seems to have been removed by Daft but has been replaced by similar scam ads (have reported them too).


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    I'm in the wrong kind of business some money to be made here.

    All these scam are very similar linked with property for sale such as cars, bikes and so on.


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    #18
    BandyMandy
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭BandyMandy


    The PTF Parc Guell Apartment in Barcelona


    http://www.friendlyrentals.com/en/apartments/barcelona/apartment-5274-1.htm


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    #19
    niamh92
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭niamh92


    Yea reported it to them. Sounds like the same ad that i replied to. A man from Germany with a sob story in my case


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    #20
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    The way things are is it's a Landlords market and they are able to charge big amounts.

    If you are serious about renting get wise and don't deal over phone or net.

    Arrange to meet or that is fine but don't have money upfront.
    A estate agent or that is probably the best way to go unless you get a decent LL.


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    #21
    niamh92
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭niamh92


    Yea think an agency is best


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