- Report: #1214043
Complaint Review: Roomster - Internet
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Roomster Scam -
SAN FRANCISCO, California, USA
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Roomster
Internet, USA
Web:
https://www.roomster.com/
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Roomster Roomster Corporation Fake Roommate Ads, Scam Internet
Its difficult enough to search for a room as it is. These time wasting scum bags just want to further dilute craigslist to get us to pay them.
I'd been been looking for a room and responding to a few postings on Craigslist only to find out after that they are fake postings placed by employees of roomster. After replying with my phone number I received a text requesting that I visit a website, the URL of the site was not even a roomster address but it landed at the roomster registration page.
I would never trust a company that intentionally makes false statements to get me to go to their website.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Independent Roomster Affiliates Are Responsible For Fake Craigslist "Room available" Posts
#2Author of original report
Sat, March 07, 2015
This is an update to my original Roomster report.
After doing some addtional homework it appears that what's really going on is independent affiliates are posting to get people to sign up. I cannot speak to any experience with Roomster's service but I judge it to be another in a line of fear based mediation tools that charge people to purchase the illusion of security in order to rent out a room.
From their website:
https://www.roomster.com/affiliate/default
Attention affiliates!
We will not do business with any affiliates who post on Craigslist.
We will not accept any leads that come from Craigslist.
We will not pay for any leads that come from Craigslist.
If you post on Craigslist your affiliate account will be terminated.
