The real estate market has always interested all kinds of scam artists. And although 10-15 years ago, these scams were extremely popular, no one can say that there are no risks now. For easy money, swindlers sometimes invent cunning schemes to cheat, but sometimes they resort to the most trivial and obvious, as in this case. So you should be careful at each stage of renting or buying an apartment, buying furniture, even if, at first glance, you have not noticed any threats. It is known that swindlers usually avoid real estate agencies for fraudulent schemes. Superfluous witnesses, unnecessary questions, and the attention of realtors reduce the probability of "catch a naive client" and making black money on sale or rent operations. That's why scammers usually do it without intermediaries.