Hello, I signed a contract to move into a share house prior to moving to Japan. I found the advertisement for the room on Craigslist. After they did a background check I signed the contract, they sent me a link to pay with a bank account. I informed them that I didn’t have a Japanese bank account and asked if I can pay with PayPal in which they said yes.
I asked them for their PayPal information but they never responded. They finally sent me an email saying they have PayPal but only sent a brief message and wouldn’t send me any information for their account to pay. Because they took too long to respond I assumed it was a scam and found another place to live since it was a matter of days before I finally got to Japan.
Now they sent me a letter to my school (since they were emergency contact ) stating I need to pay 130,000¥ . To state again, I never moved in , never received any keys , and I initially tried to pay but the owner took too long to send me information on how to pay and I didn’t want to be homeless when I got to Japan.
What should I do ?
by Smooth_Contact2040