Norwegian breaks into apartment, rents it
 

OSLO, Norway (AP) - An enterprising if unscrupulous Norwegian found a way to turn a tidy profit on Oslo real estate by renting out a nice apartment in a popular part of town.

What the renters didn't know was that he had broken in to someone else's apartment and then rented it out to 11 different people, the national news media reported Tuesday.

Police said the 29-year-old, whose name was withheld, admitted breaking in to the apartment, and posting photographs of it on an Internet real estate site, asking for a bargain $780 a month in rent.

Since such an apartment normally costs 35 percent more in Oslo, about 60 hopefuls flocked to the con man's showing.

Eleven were so eager that they each paid a $2,340 deposit for a total of $25,780 transferred to the swindler's bank account.

Ingrid Christensen, of the Oslo police, told Norway's largest newspaper, Verdens Gang, the money was found in the suspect's bank account and he would face fraud charges.

The real renter was traveling at the time of the showings, and has now changed all the locks.

Hehe its all over the world now ;) Read it a few days ago in the local newspaper

It's like an ebay scam, but with property.. Why not just rent it in a fake name and do it for longer.. . :upsidedow

to his bank account? what a maroon

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Back in my wild days (in the 70's), I owned a 4 bedroom house in the LA area, put it up for rent and couldn't believe all the people that wanted 2 rent it. It was in a nice area and I was renting pretty cheap, it crossed my mind 2 do what the guy in Norway did, but my buddy wouldn't go for it.

Can't blame my buddy as he would have been the one showing the house, I couldn't very well show up when people started moving in and ask'm what are you doing if I had rented the house to them.

lol... clever, but yet so stupid!

:1orglaugh Did he think he would actually get away with it?

haha smart guy, too bad he got caught haha