Many people take advantage of social networks to post cheap room rental ads to steal deposits from tenants. Despite warnings, scammers constantly change their tactics and use increasingly sophisticated tricks to deceive people, especially students and workers from other provinces.
For students and workers, finding a place to stay is a top priority. Therefore, many groups for renting rooms have "blossomed" on social networking sites and many bad guys have taken advantage of this to commit fraud and steal the tenants' property. After Tet, many people tend to move and look for rooms online.
Because of concerns about the lack of rooms, they are willing to view rooms and make deposits online when they find “nice, cheap” rooms. On February 26, Facebook account “HP” posted a room for rent on Thi Sach Street (Hai Chau District), with the following information: spacious mezzanine, secure area, flexible hours… Ms. MTL (Hai Chau District) needed to rent a room urgently so she texted this account.
After discussing and “viewing the room online”, Ms. L. decided to rent the room even though she had not come to see it in person or met the landlord. The person who posted the post asked Ms. L. to deposit 1 million VND and asked her to come see the room at noon on February 27. Ms. L. agreed and transferred 500,000 VND in advance to the account, and was also told to bring her ID card to make a rental contract. However, on the morning of February 27, the Facebook account of the landlord deleted the post and blocked Ms. L.’s account, making it impossible for her to contact her to get her deposit back.
Similarly, Ms. NTMG (Son Tra district) just lost 1 million VND, because she believed in the invitation of "nice, cheap accommodation" from a member of the Facebook group "Rooms for rent in Da Nang". Because she was busy taking care of her young child and did not have much time to go see the room in person, Ms. G. decided to look for a room through Facebook groups.
After searching for a while, she found a post about renting a room at a reasonable price that suited her needs, so she added and messaged the above Facebook account. The landlord provided convincing information and urged her to transfer the deposit quickly because there were many other people who wanted to rent the room. Afraid of losing the opportunity, Ms. G. transferred a deposit of 1 million VND to the account number provided by the landlord. However, after transferring the money, Ms. G. could not contact this person via phone number or Facebook. At this point, she realized that she had been scammed.
According to the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention (City Police), these subjects often impersonate landlords and post information about room rentals on social networking groups with attractive offers such as: cheap prices, nice rooms, not shared with owners, fully furnished, etc.
When someone contacts to ask about renting, the subject will give many reasons such as: "There are many people asking to rent", "If you want to keep the room, you have to transfer the deposit immediately"... to create fear of losing the room in the victim. After that, they ask to transfer a deposit in advance, usually ranging from 500,000 - 2,000,000 VND.
To gain trust, the subjects send fake ID photos or documents related to the room. However, immediately after receiving the money, the subjects will delete the post, block contact or change the Facebook account name, making it impossible for the victim to contact them. When they find the room address, many people realize that the information is fabricated.
Therefore, people should be careful when booking a room, apartment or house through social networking platforms; they should carefully check and verify information about the location, facilities of the accommodation as well as the background of the service provider. When asked to transfer a deposit, people should carefully check the origin of the account and the authenticity of the information provided before transferring money and prioritize direct payment if possible.
Source: https://baodanang.vn/xa-hoi/202504/canh-giac-thu-doan-lua-dao-dat-coc-phong-tro-qua-mang-4003194/
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