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a year ago
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DragonStuff.exe has begun.
So with my situation with the work contract shutting me out of rentals in the Netherlands, I became a little bit panicked and unsure of what to do, right?
Well I got a random email a night or two ago from some guy pretending to be another guy.
Well written English saying he's a Civil architect working in Spain but he *happens* to have a flat he can rent to me for 850 euros a month *next to the train station*. Pre-furnished, includes gas and water and elec and internet.
I was immediately sus on this but answered his questions up to a point.
I agree to the 850 and deposit thing to keep the ball rolling, so he sends me another email very suddenly saying 1400 GBP.
INTERESTING.
I ask him what that was about and the reply email was quick and short, with broken English saying it was "Compose at work, sorry about tat" .
Oof. Big red flag number four by this point.
Even better, that same particular email was signed with *my* name.
Suddenly he's gone quite quiet when I said thanks for clarifying, let's get on Zoom or some other face chat service for 15-30 minutes :->.
Just because you're in a somewhat desperate mood or situation doesn't mean you should forgo thinking.
The guy could have taken a solid 2.2 thousand gbp off me.
The interesting thing is he kept mentioning booking.com as they charge less and could act as a kind of guarantor. Yet I never saw any booking.com listing, either.
My guess is this was a money \ real life info scam and as soon as the dude's script was deviated from, the broken English revealed it for the kindergarten shit that it was.
Another friend linked me popular scams in the Netherlands and *yup*. Dude said he's working in Spain, conveniently, which is one of the most popular excuses scammers use.
Interestingly enough, the dude was asking me stuff a real landlord would want to know - name, IRL address, email, *ID or passport photo*.
So of course a scammer takes those and simply pretends they are me and if a worried person like me goes "Ok but can you prove it?" they can show them the stolen identity passport to put minds at ease.
Quite gross.
Stay safe out there.
*Sadpout*
Well I got a random email a night or two ago from some guy pretending to be another guy.
Well written English saying he's a Civil architect working in Spain but he *happens* to have a flat he can rent to me for 850 euros a month *next to the train station*. Pre-furnished, includes gas and water and elec and internet.
I was immediately sus on this but answered his questions up to a point.
I agree to the 850 and deposit thing to keep the ball rolling, so he sends me another email very suddenly saying 1400 GBP.
INTERESTING.
I ask him what that was about and the reply email was quick and short, with broken English saying it was "Compose at work, sorry about tat" .
Oof. Big red flag number four by this point.
Even better, that same particular email was signed with *my* name.
Suddenly he's gone quite quiet when I said thanks for clarifying, let's get on Zoom or some other face chat service for 15-30 minutes :->.
Just because you're in a somewhat desperate mood or situation doesn't mean you should forgo thinking.
The guy could have taken a solid 2.2 thousand gbp off me.
The interesting thing is he kept mentioning booking.com as they charge less and could act as a kind of guarantor. Yet I never saw any booking.com listing, either.
My guess is this was a money \ real life info scam and as soon as the dude's script was deviated from, the broken English revealed it for the kindergarten shit that it was.
Another friend linked me popular scams in the Netherlands and *yup*. Dude said he's working in Spain, conveniently, which is one of the most popular excuses scammers use.
Interestingly enough, the dude was asking me stuff a real landlord would want to know - name, IRL address, email, *ID or passport photo*.
So of course a scammer takes those and simply pretends they are me and if a worried person like me goes "Ok but can you prove it?" they can show them the stolen identity passport to put minds at ease.
Quite gross.
Stay safe out there.
*Sadpout*
