Room for Rent and other rental scams
#436021 by Michelle Mon Sep 12, 2022 4:34 am
Emilia Suarez <[email protected]>


Thank you for your reply!
You seem like a very nice person and I would be very happy to have you as a tenant! :) :)
Based on advice from a family lawyer and given that this would be our first transaction, we were advised to use a licensed third party to mediate our first transaction. So, I will list my apartment on Airbnb - the largest and most secure rental company in the world at the moment - I'm sure you've heard of it or used it at least once in the past.

For the next step, I will activate the link to my Airbnb entry and make it available to you. All you need to do is make your reservation for a month. Airbnb will then send you the invoice and payment instructions for one month + deposit 490 EUR + 1000 EUR = 1,490 EUR. If you wish for several months I can give you a discount.

As soon as Airbnb receives the payment confirmation, an employee from Austria will be assigned to meet you and inspect the apartment. The agent has the keys and all the necessary documents, including the authorization I signed.

At this point, there are two options after the inspection:

1) If you like the apartment and opt for the long-term rental, complete the transaction with the Airbnb representative, who is fully authorized and empowered by me by authorization to rent the apartment to you. The rental contact is fully flexible to meet both of our requirements. So if you want to add or remove anything from the contract, we can do it. I'm a reasonable person and you don't have to worry about anything :).
Then you need to authorize Airbnb to release my funds.
2) If, after viewing the apartment, you decide you don't want to rent it (for whatever reason), Airbnb will refund your money in full, as the cancellation policy is completely flexible. (I'm more than sure you'll fall in love with the place anyway :)).
I hope you understand the steps of the transaction. They will NOT send the money to me, but to Airbnb. They can't access the funds without your permission, so you're 100% protected.
So basically you have nothing to lose and I'm also sure you are genuinely interested in renting it.

This Airbnb transaction is a one-time deal. If you decide to rent the apartment after the inspection, the remaining monthly payments will be sent directly to me. We will discuss these details after the inspection.

I would also like to inform you that a former "renter" let me fly to Austria for free and decided not to answer my cell phone when I arrived ...

Thank you in advance for taking the time to read my lengthy email. Please let me know if I can activate the ad and provide you with the link to my Airbnb entry.

Kisses,


This Scammer will arrange to send you an Invoice or notification -- Make no mistake, the document will be fake !
If you are reading this because you have received such an invoice or notification, kindly forward it to the address in my signature line and I will report the details to the appropriate authorities

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