Could do with some advice please to see if this is a scam, I have been emailing someone stating they live in Dundee and have a house for rent and they deal with it all through open rent i have added the screenshots of the emails, does it seem right to ask for proof of ID and all my details including a photo of myself? Or is this a scam?
Never hand over any money or ID before viewing the property.
Anyone who throws the property at you like this is probably a scammer. Landlords have the pick of tenant now.
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exactly as Mark10 says. Done thru Openrent should be safe , but you never can tell . you can find out who owns the property thru land Registry for £3 or so
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I can’t even find the property on openrent she said she would send the link after I sent all my details?
How did you contact the landlord to begin with?
No landlord would offer a property to anyone without doing credit checks and referencing of tenant first. They may ask for a holding deposit before but that’s all, which cannot be more than one weeks rent. (Once tenant has viewed)
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Steer clear, no decent landlord operates like that !!!
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She advertised on Facebook market place and told me to email her instead, so I did but I did think it was a little dodgy, I’m just so desperate to move and I just keep getting knocked back so was hoping it was something positive
Steer clear of facebook for Rentals Too many scammers as its easy to post a picture of someone elses property
Gender fluid maybe? 
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