- Warning about scams:
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It is an unfortunate fact that the fantastic medium of the internet is being used by criminals to try and scam people from their hard earned money. In fact changing the central vowel of the word "scam" accurately describes these people.
The parent company of worldrentalshop.com has been marketing property for sale and rent through the internet for many years and has experience in dealing with scammers.
From our experience we know that on occasion scammers will use worldrentalshop.com to try and scam our clients, so by making you aware of a few facts they will not be successful.
Firstly, please do not let this put you off using this site! A little bit of common sense is all that it is needed to spot such malicious contacts. In addition we constantly monitor all activity on site and have systems in place to alert all property owners if we suspect a scammer has been using the site.
How to detect a scam:
Nearly all scams can be spotted from the very first contact enquiry. The contact will contain one or several of the following
. Wish to rent the property without asking any further questions
. There is urgency to complete the process
. They express confidentiality/secrecy in the process
. They are renting the property on behalf of a client
. They call themselves official names such as president or general
. They discuss payment method from the start
. The content will contain many religious references
. The content will have many spelling errors and poor English
. The content will have excessive use of CAPITAL letters
. Premium rate numbers given as contact numbers
If you respond to a scammer, they will try to get you to accept a cheque (check). Once they know you have received the cheque they will say that something has happened, usually there is a hard-luck story attached: one common story is that the scammer's son or daughter has been involved in an accident or is seriously ill, and the scammer needs the money to pay for their hospital treatment. They will ask you to cash the cheque and send the money back to them but let you keep some money for the trouble.
The cheque that is sent to you is a forgery and will not be discovered until it has completed the bank clearing process - which can take many weeks. At this point the bank withdraws the money back from your bank account, leaving you out of pocket.
The scammers nearly always use Western Union or Moneygram. Never send or accept money by Western Union or Moneygram - you will have no redress if it is a scam
If at anytime you are worried if anything seems odd, suspicious, beyond belief, confusing - contact us. We have experience in these things and will always be happy to help
IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. IT PROBABLY IS!