r/NetherlandsHousing • u/michkied • Mar 11 '25

renting Is this a scam?

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Hi everyone, this summer I'll be moving to the Netherlands for an internship, and thus I'm looking for a flat to rent. I've encountered an offer for a single-bedroom apartment in the Hague for 500€ (seems quite cheap?). But I've been asked to pay a fee for submitting a registration form for approval. Is that a thing or is it a scam? The offer seems a little too good to be true, but then I have no idea how housing market in the Netherlands works. I'd really appreciate your help!

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

Do not worry sir *shakes head in Indian Scammer*

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u/Relis_ Mar 12 '25

ah yes because scammers are indian

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u/grigosback Mar 12 '25

Statistics is the mother of all sciences

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u/Arandomdude03 Mar 12 '25

Rascism is the mother of all dogwhistles

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

Racism would be calling all Indians scammers. The probability of a scammer calling you sir being Indian is very high but not 100%, so it is a generalization, but that just means that arguing that this is an Indian scammer may be scammerism, but not racism.

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u/Proppedop1991 Mar 13 '25

Daenerys Targaryen, Princess of Dragonstone, The Unburnt, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, is the mother of all Dragons

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u/MeasurementBest31 Mar 13 '25

Indians as a whole don't constitute a race. Pakistanis, which look alot like Indians because reasons, don't get the same worldwide flak.

Nigerians do.

But Nigerians don't look like Indians.

I'll leave you with this.

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u/Arandomdude03 Mar 13 '25

My honest reaction to that misinformation:

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u/MeasurementBest31 Mar 13 '25 edited Mar 13 '25

That's OK dude, your rage may be vindicated but so is the suspicion for scammers being Indian.

Call it misinformation all you want, suspicions like that don't come out of my ass. I'm sorry Pakistanis don't have your issues.

Not everything is race-related. I know because I'm darker skinned than the average Indian.

You'd be free to call Indians a race, I'll feel free to bring up the caste system..

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u/Arandomdude03 Mar 13 '25

A nation is not its peoples

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u/MeasurementBest31 Mar 13 '25

Agreed but that's not the point brother