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Am I being conned?

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  • 03-09-2013 6:59pm
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    SureYWouldntYa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭


    Came across an apartment while looking on daft, emailed the guy and took if from there.

    Its an amazing 2 bed apartment for €600 per month including utilities and everything. He lives in London and says that he can't leave work even for a day, and the only way to see the apartment is for me transfer 2 months rent to TNT, and then he sends them the keys and contract signed by him. I can then get the keys from TNT delivered to my house, go see the apartment and make my choice. If i like it, i keep the keys and the money gets transfered to him.

    Is this the proper procedure for doing things in certain circumstances, or am i being conned ?


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    BunShopVoyeur.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭BunShopVoyeur.


    SureYWouldntYa wrote: »
    Came across an apartment while looking on daft, emailed the guy and took if from there.

    Its an amazing 2 bed apartment for €600 per month including utilities and everything. He lives in London and says that he can't leave work even for a day, and the only way to see the apartment is for me transfer 2 months rent to TNT, and then he sends them the keys and contract signed by him. I can then get the keys from TNT delivered to my house, go see the apartment and make my choice. If i like it, i keep the keys and the money gets transfered to him.

    Is this the proper procedure for doing things in certain circumstances, or am i being conned ?

    Yes. You are being conned.


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    Sunhill
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭Sunhill


    Well-known con, much tried for renting city apartments. Run a mile.


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    boarsboard
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 66 ✭✭boarsboard


    I can send you some keys for 600
    you save 50%


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    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Con.

    Let the site which has this ad hosted know.

    Usually the con artists take photos from other sites for the ad which has been a give away in previous instances.


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    The_Conductor
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    Pop me a link to the add- and I'll show you exactly where he got the pictures from.


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    zarquon
    Registered Users Posts: 3,734 ✭✭✭zarquon


    Just do a google reverse image search on the daft ad pics and you'll see that he just copied the images from another apartment.


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    SureYWouldntYa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭SureYWouldntYa


    searched his name and address online. his address had been used several times to try to con people.

    thanks everyone, knew it was too good to be true


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    ted1
    Registered Users Posts: 23,529 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    Did you ever think it was true ?


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    hfallada
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,180 ✭✭✭hfallada


    Sounds like the guy a few months ago that also found a bargain on daft.ie. But the landlord needed the money wired to his lawyer in London


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    djimi
    Registered Users Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    SureYWouldntYa wrote: »
    Its an amazing 2 bed apartment for €600 per month including utilities and everything.

    I didnt need to read any more than that to know that it was probably too good to be true...!


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    gaius c
    Registered Users Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭gaius c


    SureYWouldntYa wrote: »
    Came across an apartment while looking on daft, emailed the guy and took if from there.

    Its an amazing 2 bed apartment for €600 per month including utilities and everything. He lives in London and says that he can't leave work even for a day, and the only way to see the apartment is for me transfer 2 months rent to TNT, and then he sends them the keys and contract signed by him. I can then get the keys from TNT delivered to my house, go see the apartment and make my choice. If i like it, i keep the keys and the money gets transfered to him.

    Is this the proper procedure for doing things in certain circumstances, or am i being conned ?

    Very common problem. Thread about it here.


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