Commentaires sur : Analysis of a Craigslist rental scam https://blog.le-miklos.eu/?p=3804 Je donne mon avis non comme bon mais comme mien (Michel de Montaigne) Sun, 14 Dec 2025 20:19:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Par : Miklos » How to detect Craigslist’s rental scams https://blog.le-miklos.eu/?p=3804&cpage=1#comment-6584 Miklos » How to detect Craigslist’s rental scams Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:06:25 +0000 http://blog.le-miklos.eu/?p=3804#comment-6584 [...] if you wonder how those scams work, read here. In most cases, these scammers say they are in the UK (whence you should wire them the monies in [...] [...] if you wonder how those scams work, read here. In most cases, these scammers say they are in the UK (whence you should wire them the monies in [...]

]]> Par : Miklos https://blog.le-miklos.eu/?p=3804&cpage=1#comment-6555 Miklos Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:52:27 +0000 http://blog.le-miklos.eu/?p=3804#comment-6555 Another recent apparent scam in the Paris Craigslist housing section advertises for "EUR600 Decent room available" as follows: <blockquote>This apartment is well organized,furnished and newly painted.This apartment does not attract any extra charge,it is all included in the rental charge.You enjoy facilities such as heating,cooling,gas,water and so on... Get back to me to get the full details of the apartment.</blockquote> When <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22painted.This+apartment%22#q=%22This+apartment+is+well+organized,furnished+and+newly+painted.This+apartment+does+not+attract+%22&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvns&filter=0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=eb2328ad05518988&biw=1009&bih=909 rel="nofollow">searching the web</a> for this ad, it shows up as having been put verbatim (including the missing spaces after punctuation) since July on other sites for housing ads, in such cities as Lisbon, Copenhagen, Eindhoven or Brussels... An ad which doesn't describe the goods (in this case: the room - size, furniture, etc. -, the apartment - size, floor, etc. -, the other tenants, the neighborhood) and which requires mailing the "owner" for further information should be at best disregarded. Another recent apparent scam in the Paris Craigslist housing section advertises for « EUR600 Decent room available » as follows:

This apartment is well organized,furnished and newly painted.This apartment does not attract any extra charge,it is all included in the rental charge.You enjoy facilities such as heating,cooling,gas,water and so on…
Get back to me to get the full details of the apartment.

When searching the web for this ad, it shows up as having been put verbatim (including the missing spaces after punctuation) since July on other sites for housing ads, in such cities as Lisbon, Copenhagen, Eindhoven or Brussels…

An ad which doesn’t describe the goods (in this case: the room – size, furniture, etc. -, the apartment – size, floor, etc. -, the other tenants, the neighborhood) and which requires mailing the « owner » for further information should be at best disregarded.

]]> Par : Miklos https://blog.le-miklos.eu/?p=3804&cpage=1#comment-6550 Miklos Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:21:29 +0000 http://blog.le-miklos.eu/?p=3804#comment-6550 One of the apparent recognizable features of this kind of real-estate spam is a reply which shows that its sender has not read the ad: <ul> <li>1. He doesn't fill the conditions (kind of tenant, dates, etc.), and/or</li> <li>2. He asks for details which are already laid out in the ad (description and photos - there is a map and a photo; cost of utilities - the ad mentions it's included in the specified rent).</li> </ul> Also: these scammers tend to send several times a day their messages, under different nicknames and slightly different text, but the style and the gist are the same: yesterday, two requests (12 hours apart) in broken French apparently from a man (first nickname "Brenard", second "Carengltd") looking for a room for his daughter (the ad requested a man) who is coming to "your city" (how generic) for 8 months at least (the ad mentioned availabily for 2-6 months). One of the apparent recognizable features of this kind of real-estate spam is a reply which shows that its sender has not read the ad:

  • 1. He doesn’t fill the conditions (kind of tenant, dates, etc.), and/or
  • 2. He asks for details which are already laid out in the ad (description and photos – there is a map and a photo; cost of utilities – the ad mentions it’s included in the specified rent).

Also: these scammers tend to send several times a day their messages, under different nicknames and slightly different text, but the style and the gist are the same: yesterday, two requests (12 hours apart) in broken French apparently from a man (first nickname « Brenard », second « Carengltd ») looking for a room for his daughter (the ad requested a man) who is coming to « your city » (how generic) for 8 months at least (the ad mentioned availabily for 2-6 months).

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