Today, a week after spending most of my paycheck on a down-payment and rent on a new apartment, I found out the "landlord" I paid was a scammer. Turns out the real owner was away on vacation, and he'd stolen most of her stuff before showing me the place. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out that the $200 I reluctantly gave to my mother so she could rent a house was paid to a scammer. Now she wants to live with me, in my one bedroom apartment. FML
Today, my landlord emailed me, stating that she hasn't been receiving my rent. After some investigation, I found out she's been using the money to buy booze, and hasn't been putting it into the house owner's account. FML
Today, I rented a house for 5 years with my girlfriend, only to find out she is the actual owner. FML
Today, my boyfriend moved out and took all his things with him. He also took some things that didn't belong to him, namely my rent money. My landlord comes tomorrow. FML
Today, my scumbag landlady broke into my place and stole my mop, which I refused to give her earlier. She denied everything and tried to convince me that some criminal broke in using a key, stole only my mop, and was nice enough to lock up on the way out. FML
Today, I learned that the house I've been living in and paying rent for the past two months was never advertised as vacant. I learned this when the actual homeowners walked in, and called the police for an "intruder." FML
Today, my landlord started showing my apartment, where I have lived and paid rent for over 2 years, to prospective tenants. I didn't realize that I was moving. FML
Today, my landlord sold the apartment I’ve been renting for 10 years without telling me. I found this out when the new owners showed up at the door with boxes. FML
Today, I returned from a week-long vacation. My landlord told me he had let my boyfriend in my apartment to get something. I don't have a boyfriend. Everything in my apartment is gone. FML
Today, I got back to my apartment from being away for the past week on Spring break. I found the locks on my apartment changed and all my things on the curb, many of them broken or stolen. I ran to the leasing office to see what had happened. Turns out it was an accounting error on their part. FML
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Top comments
Mauskau 36
It was really that guy's lucky day. Unfortunate for both of you, though. Hopefully you had enough details to get them caught and your money back.
oj101 33
Uh oh, you got con-do'd.
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Comments (27)
stevenbro 6
Yes, pretty common scam these days. Happened to a nephew who was renting a place with friends for the summer. Tracked down the scammer, but never got the money back. They really try to take advantage of young, inexperienced people.
McFishFilet 9
We'll surely you got a good look at his face.
Thirt 9
How hard is it to confirm that he's the landlord? I teach a life-skills class on how to avoid this exact scam. Insist on a management company's number, or (if it's a house) check with the city to verify the owner.
moss1030 5
That's why you don't use Craigslist.
Oh_No_Not_Him 25
Always risky to pay substantial amounts to unknown people in cash. If you payed another way (cheque, I guess, although maybe scammers take cards these days) then it should be tracable.
sarahcroy20 12
Did you do no checking about who you were renting from? ydi