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[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 231 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Yeah, that's straight up fraud btw

[–] ashenone@lemmy.ml 65 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No I'm pretty sure that's the guy that loves cocain and wants to fuck his mother

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No, you're thinking of pioneering psychologist Sigmund Freud.

Fraud is when a rope begins to break one stand at a time

[–] dylanmorgan@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 months ago (3 children)

No, that’s frayed. Fraud is an amphibian known for hopping.

[–] foofiepie@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, that’s frog. Fraud is the opposite of frozen.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, you're thinking of thawed.

Fraud is a type of long robe or gown

[–] foofiepie@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I believe you mean thawb. A fraud is a term for a deep geological formation filled with water, in Scandinavia.

[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's a fjord. A fraud is a unit of electrical capacitance.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's farad. Fraud is the short jerk from the Shrek movies

[–] deus@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

No, that was Farquaad. A fraud is when you have a lot of people together in one place.

[–] Winter_Oven@piefed.social 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, pretty sure that's a farad. A fraud is what you call the leaves of any sort of palm tree.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That’s a frond. A fraud is how you gauge if you can pay for something with your money on hand and/or expected income.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I was actually going for "frock", but thanks to you, I learned a new word today!

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm a frayed you're wrong. Fraud is the car company that makes the Mustang and F150 truck.

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

No, you mean Ford. Fraud is the German word for "woman".

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's Frau. A fraud is a young deer

[–] MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

No that's a faun. A fraud is a garment worn by a priest.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

No, that's a fraught. Frog is when you're beset by worry/anxiety.

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not to be confused with a frontier psychiatrist

[–] KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

That boy needs therapy!

[–] peregrin5@piefed.social 49 points 2 months ago

i sue landlords for fraud. passive income.

[–] Venat0r@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

if they had had an apartment to rent out it would've been totally OK and not fraud and a very normal thing to expect a landlord to do though 😅

[–] Demonmariner@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not fraud if you tell the applicant what the rental criteria are and what happens to the money if they are turned down.

In ancient times, I was a small time landlord. On a couple of occasions I asked for an application fee. I followed these rules, which I explained to the applicant:

  1. The application fee was refunded if I turned down the applicant, provided the background check did not disclose a lie on the application.
  2. The application fee was applied to the security deposit if I granted the rental.
  3. The application fee was not refunded if the background check found a lie on the application, or if I granted the rental and the applicant changed their mind and declined to rent.

It costs money to do background checks. I wasn't going to be out of pocket if an applicant was dishonest with me.

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you're misunderstanding, the OP here had no intention of renting anything out, they're just taking application fees

[–] Demonmariner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Of course, it's often a scam. But application fees can be legit. The key is how they are administered.

The fee should not be non refundable, just not refunded under certain specific circumstances.