Woman’s Roommate Let A Stranger Into Their Apartment After He Claimed To Be Maintenance, But Management Said They Never Sent Him
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You never really expect someone to lie their way into your home.
One woman says a man showed up at her apartment claiming he had a work order to paint the basement.
Her roommate let him inside and then left for work, assuming he actually worked for the building.
Later, management confirmed there was no work order and nobody on staff matched his description.
Now the woman is wondering what he was really doing inside while no one was home and needs advice about what to do next.
Keep reading to learn the full story.
Fake Maintenance Man
I (21F) and my roommate (20F) have been living in this apartment for about a year.
This past week, a man came knocking shortly after I left for work and was answered by my roommate.
He let her know he had a work order to paint our basement, holding a paint can and roller, and asked to come inside.
My roommate, being more naive than myself, didn’t think much of it, despite not being contacted or notified by the management company and us not having requested to have our basement painted, and allowed him inside.
Not thinking anything of it, the roommate left for work.
She then left for work, leaving him alone here by himself. By the time we both returned, he was gone, but it has since been brought to our attention that no work order was ever put in.
The management has expressed they do not even have any employees matching his description or any maintenance requests for this month for any of the units in my apartment section. So there should’ve been no maintenance truck at all.
I am rather at odds on what to do, as now the situation is technically over, but my anxiety is not. I don’t feel safe and am afraid he put up cameras or did something else, and I am unsure of how to check.
This is my first time renting. If anyone has any advice on what to do or how to search for hidden cameras/where they could be, that would be greatly appreciated.
Oh no! This whole thing sounds very scary.
Let’s see what the readers over at Reddit think she should do.
According to this comment, she needs to make a police report.
She should let the police do this.
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It does seem like that.
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These are all great things to check.
This is seriously scary, especially with two young women living there alone.
The fact that he showed up with paint supplies and claimed he had a work order really takes this to a new level.
They should report it to the police, tell management they want the locks changed, and go through the apartment carefully to make sure nothing was taken or left behind.
And from now on, nobody should come inside unless they have prior knowledge.
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