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Same things happen in Germany with fake home rental offers. They even use stolen IDs to prove themselves.

• foepys 4y ago
  To elaborate: The scammer rents an Airbnb (or similar) and makes an excuse why they aren't present for a tour but gives you a pin/code for a key box. Then they tell you that all furniture (it's an Airbnb after all) can be put into storage on the "landlord's" dime and you don't have to pay anything. In the end after you signed they take your deposit and ghost you. This can be done multiple times with the same apartment, even on the same day. Some Airbnb owners reported that they had multiple families with trucks full of their stuff arrive on the same day to move in.