Check mode: a listing link
Paste the link. We open the listing and read it for you.
If you have a link to a Dutch rental advert, that is enough to start. Our checker opens the page on our side, pulls out the rent, the city, the size and the advertised text, and runs the same red-flag checks a careful renter would — price against the local floor, scam-script patterns in the wording, payment details, photos. It takes about a minute and costs nothing. What comes back is a risk signal, not a verdict on the person, and never a clearance.
Last updated: 24 July 2026
- A link alone is enough — you do not need the landlord's message or a photo to get a first read.
- We fetch the page server-side, so nothing about your browser or location reaches the advertiser.
- Some Dutch portals block automated readers. When that happens we say so and tell you what to paste instead — we never guess at a listing we could not read.
- A search-results page is not a listing. Open the specific advert first and copy that URL.
What actually happens when you paste a link?
The link goes to our server, not to your browser's network. We request the page, check that the response really is a rental advert rather than a search page or a homepage, and extract the facts the checks need: the asking rent, the city, the floor area, the description, and the photos.
From there the signals run in parallel. The price is compared against the realistic floor for that city. The advertised text goes through a scam-script analysis that looks for the specific patterns fraudulent listings share. Photos go to a reverse-image check. Anything that looks like a bank account is validated and its country read. Each check reports on its own, and the score is a weighted read of all of them.
- We never log in to a site, never bypass a paywall, and never submit a form on your behalf.
- We do not store the listing page. The verdict is logged; the advert is not kept.
- If the page is a for-sale (koop) listing rather than a rental, the rent-versus-market check is suppressed — comparing an asking price to a monthly rent would produce a nonsense flag.
Which Dutch rental sites can be checked from a link?
Dutch rental portals fall into three groups, and the group decides what a link can do for you. We tell you which group a link landed in rather than returning a confident verdict on a page we could not actually read.
| Type of site | What a link gives you | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Openly readable portals | The full check — price, text analysis, photos, payment details | Just paste the listing URL |
| Portals that block automated readers | Usually still the full check, via a paid reader; occasionally it fails | Paste the link; if it fails, paste the description text instead |
| Sites with no public listing page (login-gated allocation platforms, some operators) | Nothing — there is no page to read | Paste the advert's details and the message you were sent |
Why did my link come back as “that looks like a search page”?
Because it probably was. A URL like a city or filter page lists many properties, and scoring it would produce a number about a search result rather than about the flat you care about. The checker detects this and asks for the specific advert instead.
The fix is always the same: click through to the individual listing — the page showing one address, one rent, one set of photos — and copy that URL from the address bar.
What a link can and cannot tell you
A public advert contains what the advertiser chose to publish. That is enough to catch the great majority of fraudulent listings, because the fraud is usually in the wording, the price and the payment request. It is not enough to establish who owns the property.
That last question is the one that decides whether your deposit is safe, and it cannot be answered from any listing page — only from the land registry. That is the paid owner check, and it returns a match or a no-match against the name you were given, never the owner's identity.
- A clean result means our checks found nothing, not that the listing is genuine.
- A scammer can copy a real advert word for word, including its photos and its price.
- The single most reliable test remains a viewing in person, before any money moves.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an account to check a listing link?
No. The listing check is free and needs no signup. You only create an account if you buy the owner verification, which we have to attach to someone in order to deliver the result.
Does the advertiser find out I checked their listing?
No. We request the page from our own servers with no reference to you, and we never contact the advertiser. From their side it looks like an ordinary page request.
What if the site won't open for you?
We say so plainly and name the site rather than returning a low-confidence verdict. Copy the advert's description text into the box instead, and add the photos if you have them — a description plus the message you were sent produces a stronger check than a link on many sites anyway.
Can I check a listing from Facebook or Marktplaats?
Not from the link — those pages are not readable by an automated reader and, in Facebook's case, often not public at all. Paste the advert text and the messages you have exchanged instead. That is where the scam patterns live, and the check reads them.
Is checking a listing link legal?
Yes. We request a public page the same way any reader's browser does, we do not log in, and we do not copy the advert into a database. The verdict is stored; the listing is not.