Scam safety
How common rental scams in Bali work, the warning signs before you pay, and what to do if something goes wrong.
- Bali rental scams: 7 warning signs before you pay a deposit
How to spot a Bali rental scam before you pay a DP or deposit: 7 warning signs, real cases from Bali news, and what to do instead at each step.
- Double-leasing in Bali: when one home is rented twice
Double-leasing in Bali: how one home ends up rented to two tenants, real cases from Denpasar and Sanur, and the checks to do before you pay upfront.
- Facebook Marketplace scams in Bali: why rental groups are risky
How Facebook Marketplace scams in Bali work, why rental groups attract them, what Meta itself advises, and how to look for a home more safely.
- Fake villa listings in Bali: how to spot stolen photos
A fake villa listing often reuses real photos of another villa. How the trick works in Bali and how to check the photos, the map and a live video first.
- How to verify a landlord in Bali before you transfer money
Verify a landlord in Bali before you pay a DP: match the name on the ID, certificate, contract and bank account, check the agent and look up the account.
- Scammed in Bali? What to do after a rental scam
Scammed in Bali? What to do after a rental scam: stop paying, save the evidence, call your bank, then report it to IASC, the police and cekrekening.id.