Although there is great demand for student residences in major university cities, young people should remember the reason when they need to rent housing. Every year, young people cheated to fupudlejere.

In a few days are a record number of new students started their new training, and so the hunt into student housing. Unfortunately, the experience of previous years, when demand for student housing is highest - so increases the activity of scammers too. It has been Denmark's largest market for rental housing, Boligportal.dk, to send an e-mail to those seeking housing on the site. - Although we at Boligportal.dk take a number of measures to ensure the house-hunting, we would also like to have the property seekers to be somewhat critical when seeking housing, says portal manager at Boligportal.dk, Henrik Løvig. Boligportal.dk has among other things a close cooperation with over 800 rental companies that advertise on the site and also read Boligportal.dk 's employees even all ads for vacancies through to see if there is anything that causes alarm buttons to blink. - In addition, we carry both control calls and spot checks among advertisers, so we do things really difficult for fraudsters, says Henrik Løvig.

The police are watching on the sidelines

Also police know about fraud with rental housing, and Deputy Police Inspector Børge Møller Fransen from the East Jutland Police also advise the youth to look good for when the rental housing. - The best thing is always to meet face to face with the landlord, see the lease and then get a standard before releasing the money. And will the money to a foreign account, even if the lease is in Denmark - there's enough extra reason to be skeptical, says Børge Møller Fransen, who also warns remittances via money transfer services.

Money transfers and Western Union

Western Union is just such a transfer service, and on their website they warn themselves against consumer fraud. A tip reads: "Never send money to a stranger using a money transfer service ". The warning harmonizes well with the warnings Boligportal.dk sent to its customers. - We have sent eight specific advice, we recommend the house-hunters to follow. If they do, then they have a good chance to evade the fraudsters, says Henrik Løvig. Both he and Deputy Police Inspector Børge Møller Fransen calls, in addition to that you report it to the police if you have been a victim of fraud.

Boligportal.dk 's 8 afford to house hunters

• Never pay money under the table. It is illegal, and you have no legal possibility to get a refund. • Never pay the deposit in cash - low instead an account transfer so that the transaction can be traced. • Never pay rent, security deposit or prepaid rent via online payment services such as Western Union or similar, as the operation can not be reversed. • Always have a lease signed by the landlord. • Always read the lease through and check it, I agreed verbally, too, is what you have in writing. • If you suspect that there is something illegal, it's a good idea to check who owns the property. You can do this by contacting the registry office in the municipality where the property is located. • Be wary if the landlord wants you to sign it immediately. Do not press. • When subletting, you must have written permission from the owner of the property. It is not enough that the tenant is the landlord of the property.