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zenstarr

hi, has anyone come across or got scammed on this site before?

posted a msg for a flat and as soon as i mentioned i was living in malta already, never heard back from the owners!

cheers

Pete

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Jackjpc

I was scammed by Goldcar, took my deposit and never returned, even though the idiots signed that the rental agreement was returned okay. Left it to the credit card company

Julien

Hi there,

could you please urgently send me a link to that ad, so that I could check everything about it ?

Thanks

Julien

Primadonna

If you come across a scammer of you think it is fraud, please report the post and the moderation team will take care of it.
You can report the post by clicking on the triangle on the right corner above the post. Describe briefly why you report the post and submit.

This is the only way we, as members, can deal with it.

tearnet

Jackjpc wrote:

I was scammed by Goldcar, took my deposit and never returned, even though the idiots signed that the rental agreement was returned okay. Left it to the credit card company


That's not a scam but a dispute between you and the hire car company.

Terry

Toon

trouble is it can easily be perceived to be a scam if its happening regularly

Julien

Pete, could you please provide us more info / report the ad ?

Many thanks

Julien

F0xgl0ve

zenstarr wrote:

hi, has anyone come across or got scammed on this site before?

posted a msg for a flat and as soon as i mentioned i was living in malta already, never heard back from the owners!

cheers

Pete


Not unusual for landlords not to bother responding!

Ray

Julien

still no feedback from Pete ? come on !

-thread closed, please contact me in private-

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