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[-] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 229 points 4 days ago

Yeah, that's straight up fraud btw

[-] peregrin5@piefed.social 49 points 4 days ago

i sue landlords for fraud. passive income.

[-] ashenone@lemmy.ml 64 points 4 days ago

No I'm pretty sure that's the guy that loves cocain and wants to fuck his mother

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 44 points 4 days ago

No, you're thinking of pioneering psychologist Sigmund Freud.

Fraud is when a rope begins to break one stand at a time

[-] dylanmorgan@sh.itjust.works 36 points 4 days ago

No, that’s frayed. Fraud is an amphibian known for hopping.

[-] foofiepie@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago

No, that’s frog. Fraud is the opposite of frozen.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago

No, you're thinking of thawed.

Fraud is a type of long robe or gown

[-] foofiepie@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago

I believe you mean thawb. A fraud is a term for a deep geological formation filled with water, in Scandinavia.

[-] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 4 days ago

That's a fjord. A fraud is a unit of electrical capacitance.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 4 days ago

That's farad. Fraud is the short jerk from the Shrek movies

[-] deus@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

No, that was Farquaad. A fraud is when you have a lot of people together in one place.

[-] Winter_Oven@piefed.social 16 points 4 days ago

Hmm, pretty sure that's a farad. A fraud is what you call the leaves of any sort of palm tree.

[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That’s a frond. A fraud is how you gauge if you can pay for something with your money on hand and/or expect income.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I was actually going for "frock", but thanks to you, I learned a new word today!

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

I'm a frayed you're wrong. Fraud is the car company that makes the Mustang and F150 truck.

[-] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

No, you mean Ford. Fraud is the German word for "woman".

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago

That's Frau. A fraud is a young deer

[-] MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago

No that's a faun. A fraud is a garment worn by a priest.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago

No, that's a fraught. Frog is when you're beset by worry/anxiety.

[-] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago

Not to be confused with a frontier psychiatrist

[-] KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

That boy needs therapy!

[-] Demonmariner@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

It's not fraud if you tell the applicant what the rental criteria are and what happens to the money if they are turned down.

In ancient times, I was a small time landlord. On a couple of occasions I asked for an application fee. I followed these rules, which I explained to the applicant:

  1. The application fee was refunded if I turned down the applicant, provided the background check did not disclose a lie on the application.
  2. The application fee was applied to the security deposit if I granted the rental.
  3. The application fee was not refunded if the background check found a lie on the application, or if I granted the rental and the applicant changed their mind and declined to rent.

It costs money to do background checks. I wasn't going to be out of pocket if an applicant was dishonest with me.

[-] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

I think you're misunderstanding, the OP here had no intention of renting anything out, they're just taking application fees

[-] Demonmariner@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Of course, it's often a scam. But application fees can be legit. The key is how they are administered.

The fee should not be non refundable, just not refunded under certain specific circumstances.

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