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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 18 2011, 09:39 PM (127 Views) | |
| Jam Master Joel | Jun 18 2011, 09:39 PM Post #1 |
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What w-w-what?
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So, I've been applying for places around the way and I thought I'd hit a jackpot or something when a beautiful apartment was seemingly for rent at 200p/w in Perth on Barrack St with all bills and utilities included. The owner contacted me directly, explained that she was an Aussie working abroad in Italy for a few years and wanted to rent it out cheap to someone that would look after it. After following this down the rabbit hole, I eventually got to a situation where she suggested to use a "middleman" delivery service, wherein I would pay a bond and she would send me the keys. It seemed fine at first, I was given the impression that the money would be withheld until I inspected the property and decided to undertake the lease. This was when shit got weird. I kept on thinking that this was too good to be true. The place looked sweet as hell, and came furnished with frills. It seemed perfect! A little ... TOO ... perfect. So, eventually I came to question that this lady was willing to do this a little too easily. All of a sudden, I had the option of a phat apartment in the city being within a grasp ... and I hadn't even proved to them that I had a job. I'd only communicated with this person via email, in brief communiques. She knew nothing about me. I did some searching, and the delivery service she had suggested and organized did not return any results in Google. The page linked in the (very professional looking and organized) delivery website did not have any contact information at all. Not a phone number, not a contact address. Just forms for me to tell them how to access my money. On further inspection, this website has been made recently! Links don't lead anywhere, the typing is somewhat unprofessional. So I don't know. I'm more sad than anything that I was almost played. I'm glad I caught it now, before my money was lost AS WELL as my dreams being shattered. Fuck. |
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| Jen | Jun 18 2011, 11:46 PM Post #2 |
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Dionysian Reveller
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Aaah yes, I've heard about these type of things. I only just recently read an article about them somewhere, informing people that you should never send money in exchange for promises of delivered keys. Shame about the scam... that really sucks. You should report it. |
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| Patrick Bateman | Jun 19 2011, 07:03 PM Post #3 |
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Feed me a stray cat.
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Ah this has been going on for about a year or so, has burnt a lot of international uni students of recent times |
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| HappyDragon | Jun 20 2011, 12:29 PM Post #4 |
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thanks for the tip |
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