The landlord you can never meet
This is a real pattern, written out as it arrives. Read the message first and see how many of the tells you catch before the answers.
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The landlord you can never meet
Hello dear, flat is available. I am army officer, currently posted in Leh, cannot come for showing. Flat keys are with security guard. Transfer Rs 20,000 booking deposit today itself, 6 families are in line for this flat. I refund fully if you don't like it. God bless.
If money has already gone
Call 1930 and tell your bank, in that order, as soon as you can. The first hour is when a transfer can still be frozen. This is a crime that happened to you, not a failure on your part — and the people who answer that number hear it every day.
Every number, and what to sayWhere this came from
Deposits, verification, and moving in
A lesson in Renting in India, decoded. The drill teaches the tell; the lesson teaches the rule underneath it.