[jombag16]

just want to ask you guys for your help
currently looking for a place to stay in london. will be moving there by june or july.

i posted on gumtree and a certain Meiri Mujkanovic replied
£100pw inclusive w/ £650 deposit @ baker st. in a 2 bed flat
he's asking for my info so that he could start with the tenancy agreement already.
then i got suspicious, coz i haven't seen the flat in person, so how sure is he that I will be the next flatmate? agreement w/o seeing the flat first? then he said he's going to send me a scanned passport so that i can be assured. i know it can be easily forged.

i googled the name and it came out that this person is in charge of student rents.

i think it sounds too good to be true.
please help!

thanks

[the_tidy_kiwi]

This definitely sounds like a scam. You should be able to view the property before you pay any money.

I would also advise yourself and everybody to read the 'Stay Safe' section before using Gumtree as it offers helpful tips to avoid being scammed on the internet!

[Sanne]

Unless your housing is arranged directly through your work or school, it's best to spend a few days in a hostel when you arrive so you can actually see places in person and meet the people you will be living with. There are too many scams so you can never be sure the person you are sending money to is legitimate.

[kadyna]

I have had a contact with Meiri Mujkanovic.

She wants to let me a room in a flat at marylebone street
£250pw inclusive w/ £650 deposit

It' a swindle!!!

Be careful!

[Cov]

Sorry to say that, but I'm looking for accommodation too and from all the offers I've checked I'd say that more than 50% are dodgy. That's a very bad ratio, but then again this is THE place of thiefs.

I think many people have been cheated like I have, I lost thousands of pounds because I trusted others.

DO NOT TRUST ANYONE IN LONDON !!!!!!!

[SimonB2008]

DO NOT TRUST THIS PERSON

he/she or whteva it is has scamed me out of some money i cant believe i was sooooo stupid, this afternoon after i had already bin scamed without my knowing i just got a hunch something wasnt ryt i have no idea wht made me do it but i googled "meiri mujkanovic" and found all these forums about the scamster ran to the post office but the money had already bin taken OMG im such i mug i cud cry for being so foooling STAY AWAY FROM THIS PERSON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
something need to be done about this !!!! i mean i guess nothing can be done as i have sent the money therefore i guess its my own fault !

[happypole]

[Cov]

Sorry but I wouldn't call that bad luck.
To throw someone money for FREE in his throut is more than only bad luck.

It's rather DUMB.

[montyzuma]

COV YOUR QUOTE WAS

"I think many people have been cheated like I have, I lost thousands of pounds because I trusted others. "

I would have thought you would have been a bit more understanding before calling others dumb

touch of pot calling kettle black, there i think


O wad some power the giftie gie us, tae see ourselves as others see us.
Robt Burns

[Cov]

Ok I admit it ... I am dumb too.
Yes, I am DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMB.

It hurts sometimes.

[montyzuma]

dont worry about it

we all are sometimes

but hopefully we can learn


( not that i do )

[scambuster100]

[Cov]

We MUST get this ruthless thiefs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There must be a way to catch them.
How about finding the location via the ISP ??
How about putting out a high reward for people taking WESTERN UNION customers (who collect money of course) into custody until our special forces have arrived and given either all clear or refer straight away to BOOT CAMP.

Yeah, that's right ... pls pls pls give me the chance and let me punish them.
I will have no mercy on these scum. I'd give them a "good" time at BOOT CAMP which they'd never forget for the rest of their lifes.

Oh dear God, if you exist ... give uncle Cov the pleasure.

pls pls pls