Hello! I'm going to be starting an Ausbildung in a city outside of Munich and I'm on the lookout for my first ever apartment.

On immowelt I found this beautiful, modern 1 room apartment for a good price, so I sent an inquiry. Within 4 days I got this email (Slide 1)

Note: Around this time the listing was taken off of immowelt so I just assumed someone got the apartment but apparently not.

At first it seemed weird as she didn't answer my question which was if I can move in in September or are they looking for someone who wants to move in sooner. That's when I started getting suspicious. Either way I replied saying I would be happy to get a Besichtigungstermin and again asked about moving in in September. The next 3 slides is what she replied with. She sent multiple pictures of the place + her ID which is so weird to me?

I haven't replied and my mom told me to block her because this is a scam but I honestly cannot tell for the life of me. 😢😢

by Ok-Bug7096

15 comments

  2. 100% had the same and googled the entire text. internet was full of them. they even are on airbnb and want cash in advanced before you get the key to the apartment lol.

  3. It’s sooooooo suspiciously cheap. Damn, and Munich as well. Munich is so expensive. Why would someone rent out an apartment that’s close to Munich and not make it way more expensive? Could just be the nicest landlord in all of existence, or a scam.

  4. Asking you to use Booking.com is always a scam

    Edit: Also whenever someone offers you their ID as „proof“ it’s a stolen ID and definitely 100% a scam

  7. Yup! The part with the absence came late, but the ad was too good to be ture from the beginning. “I’m in X-landfor y time” gave it away.

    Standard lie.

  9. it’s 2025.. start using google reverse search on pictures please!! Especially in those scam situations you are usually going to find those pictures in multiple scams. Stay safe out there!

  10. !housing

    Read those two Wiki pages. There you will learn how renting in Germany *actually* works. And on the second page, you will learn about this exact scam and others.

  13. Checklist:

    * Below market price 1 pt
    * Too much text 1 pt
    * Landlord cannot appear in person 2 pt
    * Booking 10 pt

    Number of Points:

    1: 50% a scam
    2: 98% a scam
    3-4: Totally a scam
    5 and more: Textbook scam, made from a scammy scam template found in scampedia.

  14. It’s getting boring.

    Of course it’s a scam. You know it, we know it.

    It’s getting boring.

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