Suspected fraudsters wanted to rent an apartment and used pictures from The Sims 4

A woman was looking for a suitable apartment for herself and her husband when she came across a strange offer. The pictures of the apartment reminded her of a video game – a clear scam?

What happened? Finding a suitable apartment is not an easy task, especially when stumbling blocks in the form of fraudulent offers are placed in your way.

The X-user @Brujita_may wanted to find an apartment in the Spanish city of Valencia, together with her husband, who came across a very attractive offer during his search.

When he showed the ad to his wife, she became suspicious because the images that were shown reminded her of a video game.

Sims 4 as a means of cheating

What was there to see? As usual, there were a few photos to see with the apartment offer. Photos isn’t quite right, screenshots are more accurate. The first picture looked like a real facade of a house, but the next ones were clearly screenshots from Sims 4 – the latest offshoot of a series that was originally supposed to look different.

It looked as if someone had built an apartment in the game and posted it as a real advert on the internet platform. The user knew Sims 4 and exposed the attempted fraud. She was shocked at first, she says. When asked, the landlord said that the screenshots were a “projection” of what she was actually expecting.

The story quickly spread online and went viral. The original ad for 425 euros per month is now offline.

Other X-users commented ironically under @Brujita_may’s post that she could have activated the Sims cheat “motherlode” to quickly obtain the fictitious currency Simoleons. Perhaps the offer could have been paid for this way.

The woman did well to be suspicious of the dubious offer. It was convenient that she knew about Sims 4 and recognized the attempted fraud straight away. Let’s hope that she found a suitable apartment after all. Sims 4 recently received a new update that has caused broken hearts – and a few other problems.