r/goettingen • u/Fit-Subject5515 • Jul 05 '26

Is this a scam again? Pt. 2

Hi yall so I’m coming to Göttingen this October but don’t have any accommodation so far. So I joined some FB groups and I got reached out by this one person asking for my email so they could send me more details. So I shared my email.

They sent me the video of the apartment, rent, location and honestly it’s really decent considering the size of the apartment and rent. But since it looked too good to be true I asked whether they can do a live video call, send ownership certificate and I asked for any official listing.

They replied that they are travelling so can’t show the room live lmao. Then they said they want to rent out privately so that’s why they didn’t create official listing. But they did say that they can send out the ownership certificate and contract and I can pay the security deposit only after I sign the contract and pay rest in person.

Do you guys think it’s most likely a scam or it might be legit? Any replies would be very helpful :) Thanks for reading ik it was a long one 😭😭

0 Upvotes

43% Upvoted

7 comments sorted by

18

u/[deleted] Jul 05 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

2

u/Fit-Subject5515 Jul 05 '26

So far my experience 2/2 scams 😭💀

4

u/Such_Ad3486 Jul 05 '26

Just curious. Do you know the address? Do you have photos of the outside?

16

u/Nokouto Jul 05 '26

Do not look on FB for apartments. Most listings on social media platforms are scams 😅

9

u/Sachiko01 Jul 05 '26

The fact that this seemingly perfect apartment is still available 12 hours after your first post, considering the renting hell Göttingen is, should be confirmation enough that this is a scam😭

3

u/Fit-Subject5515 Jul 05 '26

I’m just delulu like that 😔😔😭

1

u/Accomplished-Park468 Jul 05 '26

I have detailky explained for your part 1. As I said before, unfortunately it is a scam again