Welcome to 2010...

Hi all ~ welcome to a brand new year and the end of the first decade of the 21st century. Some kinda ride, eh?This January is also the start of the third year of this blog. Who knew that chemotherapy induced insomnia would have turned out to be so useful? (I'm much better now, thanks.) Sometimes friends ask me why I still do it and, I suppose, it's because I can. It may sometimes be a bit

If you see something like this...

....be prepared to keep looking.Like a previous post on 'lists', certain phrases or ads are liberally scattered about by our happy scamophiles and it seems inevitable that I'll run into them. So, when they really start to stick out, I'll print examples of them here.Mind you, I've noticed lately that once I bitch about something they're doing to make their ads stick out like sore thumbs, they

Charmed I'm sure....

Once they get a word they like, they just don't let go ~ guess which one is showing up everywhere....EUR550 / 1br - Charming clean come with fully furnished in the very tasteful (Vienna, Ferchergasse) - 2009-12-03EUR450 / 1br - CHARMING one(1) bedroom fully furnished apartment (Brussel) - 2009-12-01EUR400 / 2br - TWO CHARMING BEDOOM APARTMENT (Brussels) - 2009-11-30EUR350 / 2br - Well Charming

You're trying to tell me something, aren't you?

EUR530 / 1br - EXTREAMLY BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT IN GREECE (Greece City) - 2009-11-30EUR1120 / 1br - EXRTREAMLY FURNISHED BIG BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT (Paris) 2009-12-10EUR550 / 1br - Charming clean come with fully furnished in the very tasteful (Vienna, Ferchergasse) - 2009-12-03EUR500 / 1br - Set in the boost of the city with fully furnished (Berlin, Martin Luther Strasse) - 2009-12-

He's making a list and checking it twice...

I suppose if you're writing the same scamvert over and over again, creativity takes a bit of a beating so I'm chucking in examples of ads/lists that are repeated ad nauseum. If you see any of 'em in the ad you're considering, keep looking....This is also to remind you to be a little picky about doing your homework while home hunting ~ if I can find scamverts like these without even really trying,

I've gone blank! Just fill me in....

Intrepid Renter has run amok again (which seems to be his favourite exercise at times *g*) and the following is one of the examples he has sent in. I suppose the scammer's coach kinda forgot to mention to tidy up the blanks he was filling in ~ or do they really think no one is going to notice?From: breden steme Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:52 PMSubject: Re: apartment

Words for the new world...

I was noodling through rent ads on a rainy Sunday and decided to think of a word to describe scam ads. I've googled it and see where it has only been used twice (as far as I can tell) so I have decided to lay claim to it ~ or at least try to make it popular.So, for those of you seeking accomodations, pets, electronics or whatever on the internet (where scammers can be found in ever increasing