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Fake Dutch rental ads are booming on social media: here’s how to spot them
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Scammers are flooding TikTok and Facebook with bogus rental listings this summer, stealing pictures of real Dutch homes and pocketing deposits from house-hunters who never get a key.
“For years, there have been fake advertisements and fake websites taking over our listings, where you have to pay if you want to register,” a spokesperson of housing association Lefier tells RTV.
Gruno Verhuur’s co-owner Johannes Bruining tells RTV that he has seen the fallout in person: “A few years ago, we received calls from one of our tenants.
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- Advertisement -“Someone can now have perfect texts generated in all languages specifically created to persuade people,” van der Zee tells RTV Oost.