I’m an incoming international student at FAU and have been apartment hunting for a while. I found a listing on WGGesucht and the listing told to email them. I asked all I could and when I wanted to share the listing with a friend there it was taken down from WG site. Now I’m attaching the screenshots. Please advise your best. Thanks

The address: Felseckerstr. 18 90489 Nürnberg Wöhrd

Attaching the video link shared by the landlord:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/24gqh1d63u35fmmpenmt2/077a65bf-a559-4e48-9cac-f3d47184c5ae.mp4?rlkey=bwpyknawk4t6ozotnc6phujr2&st=vqrvqca6&dl=0



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24 comments

  2. Unless you see it in person, don’t send any money, sign anything or send id photo.

    Even if you see it in person, you don’t do anything involving money unless there is a paper trail and proper paperwork.

  3. Scam.

    ANY time the owner is NOT avaialble to view it, it’s a scam. Real owners in this position will suggest an alternative time to meet up.

    NEVER TRANSFER MONEY BEFORE YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE FLAT!! And ideally, not until you have the keys in your hand too.

  6. Medical reasons to complicate things, and a lawyer for a basic rental contract for an apartment in that price region? Run…

    Seriously, that’s a lot of red flags

  7. Also, don’t send you passport/id and data, they can use it later for scamming

  8. Giga scam. The phrase “I would like to show you the apartment in person buuuuuut…” Implies that this person knows is a crucial point and preemptively tries to oversee it.

  9. Those utility costs are not realistic. 50 Euro including electricity? No.

    A “maximum rental period” with a “possibility of extending” is not legal in German rental law.

    “Anna Müller” is… somewhat of a cliché fake name.

    “Unavailability because of personal medical reasons” is a scam marker. If it’s a WG, there are people living there who can show the place.

    People don’t use lawyers for normal rental contracts.

    Landlords don’t need a “picture of you”. Scammers love collecting them along with IDs, because they can use that information to scam other people.

    They will make you pay to “reserve” the room. There is no room.

  10. Scam. And do not click any links to alleged videos or expose documents or whatever in such mails!

  13. Hopefully not too late to the party:

    Scam. There is no apartment and no Anna Müller.

  15. You’re crazy for even clicking that Dropbox link. This is a very obvious scam.

  16. 99.9% sure that this is scam. I personally encountered these kind of scammers.

    They often say that they are living abroad, can’t show you apartment, and then ask you either to rent apartment via Booking.com, or just sent them deposit and rent.

    It’s so pathetic that these scammers use “Wohnungsnot” situation in German cities to scam people.

  18. Scam, lawyer, medical

    And Germans don’t use Gmail that much & replies within a minute are for sure scammers.

  20. Anna Müller ist the most generic name ever. This alone would make me have a closer look. And the rest… Please report this.

  21. Accept, that you have 0 chance to rent an apartment from India without being here in person. Housing market is tough, landlords get a bunch of interested people within minutes after posting the ad, so why would they bother renting to someone who is not even in the country?
    Whatever offer you will get where the landlord accepts that you are currently not in Germany will be scam.
    Solution: rent a temporary apartment, plan in at least 3 months and then search for an apartment. Some hotels offer long-stay rooms, also you could search for boardinghouses or AirBnb

  22. Scam! As a student counselor I’ve seen dozens of foreign students lose money to these criminals. Even the name is mega sus.

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