{"id":5920,"date":"2014-05-15T13:59:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T12:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.athome.lu\/blog\/services\/conseils\/?p=5920"},"modified":"2022-05-11T09:08:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T07:08:34","slug":"scam-rent-buy-real-estate-securely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.athome.lu\/blog\/en\/mon-logement\/astuces-mon-logement\/arnaque-louer-acheter-bien-immobilier-en-toute-securite\/","title":{"rendered":"Scam: renting and buying property safely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scams in classified ads regularly make the news. Despite the vigilance of Internet sites, and of atHome.lu, fraudulent ads can escape control.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nobody is immune to malicious people, so we remind you and advise you to be wary in the following situations.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bargains\", whose characteristics seem to be out of the market.  Overpriced rents or houses with extraordinarily low sale prices (compare with other similar properties in the same town or neighbourhood)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fake owners who only communicate by e-mail and never answer the phone.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">False owners who claim that they cannot show the property. Who often say they are abroad.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&nbsp;Unusual requests, such as providing personal documents.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A request for payment of a deposit, or a guarantee.  Or a payment to visit the property.<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The criminals will demand payment by bank transfer, or payment via Western Union.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Never pay money before you have visited a property.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you have any doubts about a property advertisement, please contact our Customer Service.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Finally, to avoid disappointment in your property search, use the services of a property professional.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les arnaques dans les petites annonces font r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement parler dans les m\u00e9dias. Malgr\u00e9 la vigilance des sites Internet, et d\u2019atHome.lu, des annonces frauduleuses peuvent \u00e9chapper aux contr\u00f4les. 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