Boarding boarding lurking! Recognize and avoid online fraud under the guise of boarding ads for students

Jakarta, May 21, 2025 – With the closer announcement of the UTBK SNBT and the new school year, students began to flock to find new boarding houses that would be their residence while studying in college. With the convenience offered by this digital era, finding boarding is now much easier because research, transactions, and even surveys can be done online, both via social media and special boarding platforms.

But in the midst of happy and enthusiastic moments for students, many irresponsible parties who want to take advantage of this situation for their personal benefits. Small bayProperty Technology Company (Proptech) which carries the concept of “Flexible Co-Living”, wants to share tips for students who are looking for new boarding houses in order to recognize and avoid the latest fraud mode under the guise of boarding ads in online media.

Explore the social media account of boarding seller in depth

With all the conveniences offered by social media for business people, many boarding owners use it as a promotional media. But at the same time, many also use it to carry out fraud. Some signs that are easily recognized from the fraudulent account under the guise of boarding ads are suspicious name and profile photo, the comments column is deactivated, as well as low content quality like the content downloaded and re -uploaded. But, it does not rule out the possibility that fraudsters have succeeded in building followers, numbers Like, to interaction to make it look genuine. So, you can be sure more by searching for the account name/boarding house on Google, Tiktok, or X to find other people’s testimonials, and check numbers contact person in the telephone number identification application.

In addition to utilizing a bulging account, several fraudsters were also found to reply to comments in other boarding advertiser content or reviewer boarding house. This fraud model is generally looking for users who ask questions related to boarding details on the content, luring them with special prices that are much cheaper if the order is done through their fake whatsapp numbers.

Review the reviews uploaded to Google Business Profile

Google is one of the sources commonly used to find reviews for various cafes, hotels, and other business places. However, this platform began to be utilized in the mode of fraud under the guise of the latest boarding ads. Reviews on Google can be given by anyone without moderation and can be accessed publicly. To be able to attract victims, fraudsters will give a review in the property they are targeting, along with uploading photos containing fake WhatsApp numbers. If we are not observant, the photo can be seen as if the official contact information from the business owner, even though it is a content uploaded by fellow users. To avoid this mode, you can use the “by the owner” feature when you see boarding photos on Google, and re -check the number through the telephone number identification application.

Don’t spend money only for surveys

Keep in mind that the boarding survey generally does not charge fees, because operationally this process does not cost a lot of money for boarding owners and is also a way of attracting prospective residents in the decision to rent a room. So if the boarding advertiser asks for a DP or admin fee before giving a survey address, it is most likely that it is a fraud mode. Make sure the costs you spend are only for purposes booking or finalization of rental contracts.

Don’t be tempted by low prices

Some fraudsters try to attract their victims by advertising boarding houses with exclusive facilities, strategic locations, and good buildings in very cheap prices. If an offer looks too good, it is probably because it is a fraud mode. Boarding prices are influenced by many things, such as the level of facilities, services, and locations offered. Studying the price range of the boarding market in the destination location can be a good provision for planning a budget and avoiding the prices of fraudsters that do not make sense.

The application of a number of tips above can prevent us from fraud under the guise of boarding ads. For students who are looking for safe and trusted boarding houses, Cove offers property choices with complete facilities and close access to various well -known universities.

Ordering rooms in the Cove property is only done through official channels as follows:

Website: https://cove.id/

App Store & Google Play Platform: “Cove: Co-Living & Apartments”

Instagram: @cove_id

Tiktok: @cove_id

Official Whatsapp: +62 21 50996923

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About Cove

Cove is a property technology company (Proptech) which carries the concept of “Flexible Co-Living” in a variety of ready-to-live properties with complete facilities and strategic locations. At present, Cove has been present in more than 150 locations inhabited by 30,000 people in Indonesia every month, both monthly and daily.

Founded in 2018 in Singapore, Cove has been present in several major cities in Indonesia since 2020 and has been operating in Japan and South Korea. Cove applications can be downloaded at Application store And Google Play. Get the latest information from COVE via Cove.id/press, Instagram @cove_idAnd Tiktok @cove_id.