| Comment | Hopefully this advice isn't too late, but there are plenty of scams out there, including people who will impersonate agencies and use photos/videos from real properties to scam you out of months of advance rent. (you then turn up to pick up the keys and find that nobody has ever heard of you and someone else is living there)
The thing to do is to a) check that the agency you're dealing with is a real, physical business (i.e. that you can find their office on google maps) and then b) to directly contact them via their registered business contact details (i.e. a phone number and NOT the email address you've previously been talking to) and talk to them directly to ask for confirmation that you are indeed dealing with them and not a scammer impersonating them. No proper agency will mind you doing this.
All landlords have to be officially registered, so you should also check that the details you've been given match that on the public database: https://www.landlordregistrationscotland.gov.uk/search
The fact it's listed on rightmove/zoopla means you're almost certainly fine (as only legit registered property agents can list on those websites) but it's still worth checking. |
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