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Every academic year, dozens of students lose hundreds of euros on flats that never existed. We've collected real cases reported in the press across Granada and Spain so you understand how scammers operate — and why it's worth verifying before you pay.
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Euro Weekly News17 Jul 2026Scammers exploit the housing crisis to deceive desperate tenants, who lose thousands of euros in deposits and advance rent before discovering that the "landlord" has no rights over the flat at all. They copy genuine listings or use stolen identities and apply pressure to rush, especially in big cities and coastal areas.
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Ahora Granada3 Jun 2026A 51-year-old man was arrested in Granada after posing as an estate agency: he contacted the owner of a flat advertised online and obtained more than €1,600 in two transfers, leaving the victim with no access to the property or their money.
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IE University19 Feb 2026IE University advises being wary of prices that are too low, of being asked to pay before seeing the flat, and of "remote landlords" who demand immediate transfers. It recommends not sharing your documents too early and verifying the property with reverse image search, a live video call and by checking the landlord's identity.
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The Olive Press9 Dec 2025A most-wanted couple was arrested in Torrevieja with 62 outstanding arrest warrants. For more than a decade they offered non-existent properties to run rental scams, with 53 victims identified across several Spanish provinces.
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Melilla Hoy9 Aug 2025The National Police are investigating a scam against a Melilla resident who replied to a fake rental listing in Granada. They suspect there could be many more victims across the country: the bank account used was recently opened and showed activity linked to other similar scams.
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Granada Hoy18 Sep 2024An Erasmus student described paying €1,600 in deposit and rent up front for a flat in Granada. When she arrived in the city, the person she had made the arrangement with never showed up — and she reported the case to the police.
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9 La Loma TV12 Jun 2024Three people from Sabiote (Jaén) allegedly scammed students with fake listings for rooms at €250-300 in Granada and other provinces. They took payment by bank transfer and Bizum, defrauding around €4,000 — 13 offences were solved.
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COPE16 Sep 2022A 49-year-old man scammed more than fifteen people by advertising the rental of a property in the Zaidín (Granada). He charged between €400 and €1,050 as a deposit and cut off contact without ever handing over the flat; the total defrauded exceeded €8,500.
Read articleAhora Granada9 Nov 2016A 34-year-old man deceived four foreign women with fake rental listings in Granada. He posed as an estate agent and asked for between €450 and €1,000 as a deposit; neither the flat nor the agency existed.
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