Housing
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Foreigners seeking to secure accommodation before they arrive in the country are being targeted by online advertisements by fake landlords
Foreigners seeking to secure accommodation before they arrive in the country are being targeted by online advertisements by fake landlords
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By Andréa Oldereide and Frederik Wember
Rental fraud is becoming a regular occurrence in Luxembourg, the country’s consumer union has warned, with scammers particularly targeting foreigners who are seeking to secure accommodation online before arriving in the country.
People in urgent need of accommodation can find themselves rushing to take apartments advertised online at attractive prices, the ULC said, urged on by fake ‘landlords’ who tell the prospective tenant they must wire money immediately to avoid missing out on the property.
“Things like this are typical of scammers,” Pascal Koehnen of…
