You Can Be Preyed Upon By ‘Rental Scam’

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Are you looking for a flat? Everyone undergoes this phase. This is how you become the prey of rental scam. I still remember the moment, when I was about to fall for an email that looked so gibberish, but authentic. I was in a dilemma, if I can go ahead with it! I gave a bell to my flatmate and got enlightened. Rental scams are all over nowadays!  


How to find if you’re the subject of Email Rental Scam?


If your inbox is ever-receiving emails from the email addresses that go on like, ‘Nigeria’, ‘cashier’s check’, ‘God’, ‘Doctor’, then you’ve become one of the targets of email rental scam.



These are the only emails that have too many misspelled words and characters.


Capitalization of words quite often? This is the core of rental scams via email!



Besides, these Craiglist Rental Scam Emails knights us forever. They address us as “Sir/Madam”.



The addressees of email rental scams are fond of #free email providers – Yahoo, Aol, Gmail, Email…



Are you bloody bodged by these scammed rental emails? Look to your right - you’ll find DELETE button!


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