Students Beware Of The London Property Cheats, Con Men And Scammers
It is coming to that time of the year again when the property rental market in London will be abounding with students from all over the world looking for a place to live whist studying in the Capital of Cool. My advice to you, is to read all the articles that I have written on the complexities of finding a place to call home in London and then read them again and pay attention to what you have read.
The bottom line is that you really need to concentrate and stay off the booze and stop thinking about all that sex that you think you are going to be indulging in, while you are living in the crazy melting pot of sin and vice called London, that is until you have found a clean and safe place to call home.
It totally beats and amazes me, as to how many people are still falling for the scams perpetrated by the cheats and con men on people looking to rent rooms, studios, flats, apartments or houses in London. The worst thing is that nearly all the scams are started online, so why the hell don’t the people that are being scammed, stop fooling around with Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Messenger or looking at porn for a few minutes and do some thorough research about there perspective new home.
Today’s article is one that I previously published on the sister site to London Is Cool, called Accidentally London. I think it is an article that will give people an idea of some of the most popular property rental scams that are happening out there in London.
Avoid London Property Rental Scams At All Costs
For anybody looking to rent a property in London, whether it is a room, flat, apartment, or house you have to do so with your eyes wide open. Because the London property rental market is full of sharks, crooks, cheats, liars and con men and woman, who if you give them half a chance will rob you of your money and you will never hear form them again.
There are countless con artists operating a variety of London property rental scams in the Big Smoke. . The police are next to useless at being able to stop or even catch these fraudsters. The bottom line is, if you fall victim to the scammers you will never lay your hands on that money again.
Whatever you do, if anybody that is supposedly renting a property mentions the dreaded words, Western Union, the first and last thing you do is delete the email or hang up the phone. Don’t even read or listen to another word they have to say. It is a scam, and I cant believe the amount of people that I hear or read about that have been scammed out of money in this way.
Also never send money to anybody, if you have never seen the property before, no matter how desperate you think you are. Don’t even think about this one. You would have to be totally crazy to even think about it. Don’t even send money to companies that you think are legitimate! Why would anybody pay for a property that they have never seen before.
To give you good folks an idea of the kind of scams that are part of the memorandum of the London property rental scammers, click on the links below.
London Property Rental Scams
1. A blog devoted entirely to London rental scams on Gumtree, Scams On Gumtree
2. An interesting article, that shows very clearly why you never send money via Western Union, BBC Article
3. Someone that fell for the tricks of the scammers, I can’t believe I fell victim to the Scammers
Also watch out for leasing agents, that charge you an upfront fee for their services. Their favourite ploy is to advertise loads of cheap properties all over London, on Gumtree and Craigslist as well as in the Loot newspaper, Leasing Agents etc.
When your looking to rent a property in London or for that matter any city in the world, be careful and do your research. The scammers know every trick in the book and the reason that they are still in business, is that they quite simple, keep on getting customers! Whatever you do, don’t become victim to the scammers.
Students pay attention for once and don’t become the one that everyone is talking about and saying at your University or College, “there’s that idiot who got scammed, how could they be so stupid”. I will say it one more time, If you ever here the words Western Union, think scam, scam, scam. Leave Western Union Scam for all those desperate guys that think the beautiful 20 year girl in Africa or the Philippines really loves them!
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Fantastic Web site! I wanted to ask if I would be able quote a portion of your pages and use a handful of items for a school assignment. Please drop me an email if its ok or not. Thanks
The list of articles and the avoidance of Western Union when searching for property in London were very useful, but it all made London sound like Gotham City. You always have to be careful whereever you live.