housing scam in Lisbon

James M76 Active member

Member since 23 February 2023

James M76Active member01 June 2023 13:12:31

Hi all

Has anyone had an experience with quartoequartos ? The offer accodomadtion in Lisbon and it is run and owned by a lawyer called P***. He is known to violate the law by threatening people, insulting, blackmailing and even false accusations all on emial.

Worse so, he does not refund deposits and dares anyone that claims to try and involve authorities.

I have first hand experience and many others have been victims to the scammer.

Anyone know what can be done to stop the scamming ?

Fred Indonesia Expert

Member since 02 August 2009

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FredIndonesia Expert01 June 2023 14:06:34

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Opinions vary, but my experience of reviews tells me to avoid them.

One bad review can be a bad customer, a lot general suggests care

This place has a lot of bad reviews

James M76 Active member

Member since 23 February 2023

James M76Active member01 June 2023 14:34:55

@Fred that is right.

*** the owner/manager has on email dared anyone to report him to the police claiming that the Police know who he is.

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JohnnyPT Portugal Expert

Member since 23 May 2020

JohnnyPTPortugal Expert01 June 2023 14:50:50

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I agree with @Fred. If there are many claims, it is because something is not right. In this claims portal, the evaluation is also negative:

Uniplaces has a much more positive rating, and is mostly chosen by Portuguese and foreign university students.

James M76 Active member

Member since 23 February 2023

James M76Active member01 June 2023 15:17:32

I agree with @Fred. If there are many claims, it is because something is not right. In this claims portal, the evaluation is also negative:

Uniplaces has a much more positive rating, and is mostly chosen by Portuguese and foreign university students.
-@JohnnyPT

Unfortunately uniplaces also advertises the said rooms and when people complain they seem to be least bothered so kind of also perpetuating the wrongdoings.

James M76 Active member

Member since 23 February 2023

James M76Active member01 June 2023 15:18:28

Would it be possible to get some TV station to highlight the plight of victims ? and maybe it will draw the attention of relevant authorities.

JohnnyPT Portugal Expert

Member since 23 May 2020

JohnnyPTPortugal Expert01 June 2023 15:53:32

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CMTV channel

TVI/CNN channels

214 347 500

relacoes.publicas@tvi.pt

SIC channel

214 179 652

atendimento@sic.pt

RTP channel

Provadosfactos@rtp.pt

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nz7521137 ViP

Member since 03 July 2021

nz7521137ViP01 June 2023 18:19:00

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Opinions vary, but my experience of reviews tells me to avoid them.
One bad review can be a bad customer, a lot general suggests care

This place has a lot of bad reviews
-@Fred

Well, the company also has a lot of excellent reviews. It's about 30% very good and 70% very bad. How come? It the very good reviews are not fake then it appears that 30% of clients are very happy and I wonder what the reason is? Considering that Lisbon is a tourist hot spot these days then maybe this doesn't work well with also being a student/worker hot spot.