Share house scammer alert


All share accommodation sites get occasional scammers. After months of no issues, recently it has been our turn.

If a place or person sounds too good to be true, pushy or suspicious - they probably are.

Three rules to help keep you safe:
  1. Never send money to someone without meeting them first.

  2. Don't provide your bank details.

  3. Don't provide your ID details without meeting someone face-to-face.
    Be suspicious if someone wants your current address, a copy of your passport or your date of birth.
We cooperate with the Australian Federal Police and ACCC Scam Watch requests investigating share accommodation scammers.

Please report suspicious users to the site with a copy of their email address. Use the "support" link at the bottom of all pages.

If you haven't met them face-to-face don't trust a hotmail or yahoo account and nice pictures.

So what do genuine overseas people do? We can't say sadly. If we did suggest things  - scammers would read it here and improve their act.

We are working on some ideas to make it easier for genuine overseas users.

No matter what site you use, just remember the three rules;
  1. Never send money to someone without meeting them first.
  2. Don't provide your bank details.
  3. Don't provide your key ID details. Be suspicious if someone wants your current address, a copy of your passport or date of birth.
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Scam Alert!

Being web-smart is simple:

NEVER EVER pay money or give ID details to anyone without meeting them first.

Scammers can be girls or boys, have pretty photos. They...
1. Want you to send them money upfront.  Don't.
2. Offer to send you money - but need your ID details; bank details, passport, DOB, current address.  Don't.

For more info see the Scammer Alert page.

We cooperate with the AFP and ACCC and through them international agencies to prosecute scammers here and overseas.

Please report potential scammers using the feedback form at the bottom of each page.