770k house and they’re willing to accept 600 per person. When to rent a room is a 300-400k house is 800-1000 a month. If it seems to good to be true, it usually is.
Yeah as others have said it’s a scam.
Some friendly advice, your budget is not really reasonable for Dublin these days. It should be €600-700 and even that is on the low side.
If you plan to move to a permanent place mid-August you should really be here now. It can often take people more than 2 months to find a place and that is when they are actually here.
Ireland has an extremely bad housing crisis, it is not easy to find somewhere to live at all
You just need to pay in magic beans
3 red flags, others might spot more:
Paying a deposit before viewing is not a thing in Ireland. Do not pay it before viewing the property, the area, the route to your classes, & finally making a decision to rent the place. That might all happen in the space of 2 hours, but never pay a deposit before a viewing.
“Belongs to my husband so I am the owner” is deliberately misleading. When it suits the scammer they’ll claim to own it, therefore are empowered to make decisions about the property, and when the questions get difficult the scammer can shirk responsibility and claim they don’t own it they’re only acting as middleman.
When we pay a deposit the recipient sees the money as a new lodgement in their account, why is this owner/ not-the-owner asking you to send her your receipt? She doesn’t need to see your receipt because she’s the money recipient who receives the deposit and therefore she’s the party who issues a receipt to you.
Walk away.
100%
Passport, bank statements… fuck right off
Definitely a scam. The English is not quite correct at times, but the kicker is they ask, “Will you be having pets?. They would more usually say no pets and pets generally wouldn’t come up at all for student accommodation. Also all those documents required, id scam too I reckon. You did the right thing.
Sad that people fall for this
SCAM!
They’re scamming you and likely not even in Ireland.
If they ask for full rent before seeing or anything, is scam. My current landlord asked me for 200 euros after I see the property, met him in person, talked to him, just to make sure I really wanted to stay as there was loads of ppl to see the property, I think this was fair but never full deposit.
Yes that is a complete scam. No reason to rush sending the money. Go through a reputable site, letting agent. Dublin is full of theses scams targeting students coming over.
Not really relevant, but find it strange that they used an extremely expensive house as the bait.
Scam scam scam.
You would send them the money and never hear from them again.
This isn’t even a clever scam. I’ve seen ones where they give you the opportunity to pay and “secure the property” but paying a deposit for a viewing?? Why bother frankly?
Defo a scam but the sad thing is its gonna get like this soon
Pretty sure that’s the norm in the states. They left off the part where you sign over your first born though.
100% yes.
Unambiguously a scam. They get €3K from you and then ghost. Good catch.
Totally a scam. The English used is poor in places the statement of exact kilometres and time distance from the college is evidence they just googled it and not actually know
Last time someone tried playing it cool, I asked my friend to send me the picture of the exact building and said my friend in Dublin owns the place 🙂 The scammer blocked me and moved on 😂 I wanted to play an elaborate prank and waste their time though, good craic!
The Dublin/Ireland puts it off for me. The writing doesn’t seem correct either.
Unfortunately, there are scams of everything these days
Definitely a scam.
100% scammer
A very popular scam too. R.i.p. to anyone who falls for these.
If.
you.
have.
to.
ask.
The number one red flag for me they are so chatty. Most legit landlords get so blitzed with queries they usually operate something like this:
Respond to the first X good applications from daft with a generic email giving you a viewing date, what they expect with pets etc.
If you express on the viewing an interest, then ask for your proof of employment, income, first born child etc
Then its deposit and contract.
They are not going to take the time for a back and forth like this scammer is doing. Scams need to put pressure on you to make a snap decision, no actual landlord is going to be arsed to have a chat with you as they have a pick of tenants.
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It should be fairly obvious when they clearly can’t decide if they are an agent or the owner of the home.
Yes. Probably an identity thief too
Is she a scammer?
Also states she’s a a scammer.
Yes it’s a scam. Send the info to GNECB so they are aware of this particular person.
yes
it’s a scam. copy/paste the conditions into google and they will all come up.
It’s a scam..run away from it.
Hold up lads, might also be a scamola.
even how she writes is proof it is
First call on the harvest 😉
Identity theft. Everything they need to get a loan in your name. It’ll be up to you to prove you never got the loan or you’ll be liable for it.
Pay before viewing = scam
https://propertypriceregisterireland.com/details/13_anglesea_road_ballsbridge_dublin_4_co_dublin_ireland-40790/
770k house and they’re willing to accept 600 per person. When to rent a room is a 300-400k house is 800-1000 a month. If it seems to good to be true, it usually is.
Yeah as others have said it’s a scam.
Some friendly advice, your budget is not really reasonable for Dublin these days. It should be €600-700 and even that is on the low side.
If you plan to move to a permanent place mid-August you should really be here now. It can often take people more than 2 months to find a place and that is when they are actually here.
Ireland has an extremely bad housing crisis, it is not easy to find somewhere to live at all
You just need to pay in magic beans
3 red flags, others might spot more:
Paying a deposit before viewing is not a thing in Ireland. Do not pay it before viewing the property, the area, the route to your classes, & finally making a decision to rent the place. That might all happen in the space of 2 hours, but never pay a deposit before a viewing.
“Belongs to my husband so I am the owner” is deliberately misleading. When it suits the scammer they’ll claim to own it, therefore are empowered to make decisions about the property, and when the questions get difficult the scammer can shirk responsibility and claim they don’t own it they’re only acting as middleman.
When we pay a deposit the recipient sees the money as a new lodgement in their account, why is this owner/ not-the-owner asking you to send her your receipt? She doesn’t need to see your receipt because she’s the money recipient who receives the deposit and therefore she’s the party who issues a receipt to you.
Walk away.
100%
Passport, bank statements… fuck right off
Definitely a scam. The English is not quite correct at times, but the kicker is they ask, “Will you be having pets?. They would more usually say no pets and pets generally wouldn’t come up at all for student accommodation. Also all those documents required, id scam too I reckon. You did the right thing.
Sad that people fall for this
SCAM!
They’re scamming you and likely not even in Ireland.
If they ask for full rent before seeing or anything, is scam. My current landlord asked me for 200 euros after I see the property, met him in person, talked to him, just to make sure I really wanted to stay as there was loads of ppl to see the property, I think this was fair but never full deposit.
Yes that is a complete scam. No reason to rush sending the money. Go through a reputable site, letting agent. Dublin is full of theses scams targeting students coming over.
Not really relevant, but find it strange that they used an extremely expensive house as the bait.
Scam scam scam.
You would send them the money and never hear from them again.
This isn’t even a clever scam. I’ve seen ones where they give you the opportunity to pay and “secure the property” but paying a deposit for a viewing?? Why bother frankly?
Defo a scam but the sad thing is its gonna get like this soon
Pretty sure that’s the norm in the states. They left off the part where you sign over your first born though.
100% yes.
Unambiguously a scam. They get €3K from you and then ghost. Good catch.
Totally a scam. The English used is poor in places the statement of exact kilometres and time distance from the college is evidence they just googled it and not actually know
Last time someone tried playing it cool, I asked my friend to send me the picture of the exact building and said my friend in Dublin owns the place 🙂 The scammer blocked me and moved on 😂 I wanted to play an elaborate prank and waste their time though, good craic!
The Dublin/Ireland puts it off for me. The writing doesn’t seem correct either.
Unfortunately, there are scams of everything these days
Definitely a scam.
100% scammer
A very popular scam too. R.i.p. to anyone who falls for these.
If.
you.
have.
to.
ask.
The number one red flag for me they are so chatty. Most legit landlords get so blitzed with queries they usually operate something like this:
Respond to the first X good applications from daft with a generic email giving you a viewing date, what they expect with pets etc.
If you express on the viewing an interest, then ask for your proof of employment, income, first born child etc
Then its deposit and contract.
They are not going to take the time for a back and forth like this scammer is doing. Scams need to put pressure on you to make a snap decision, no actual landlord is going to be arsed to have a chat with you as they have a pick of tenants.
Not scam at all…. Can I interest you in a bridge?