Inviting a Wolf into the House! While Abroad, I Let a Melbou

In 2025, a struggling Melbourne University IT graduate student was allowed to stay in the author’s apartment for free on the condition that he help move items. During this period, the man secretly sold multiple pieces of furniture and let others stay with him. Afterward, he refused to return the proceeds from the sales, transferred only 20 AUD, then blocked the author, and even tried to shift blame by sending a photo of an unrelated woman.

Before returning to China, the author offered the remaining one month of the lease for free to help the other party through final exams. While the author was away, A let others stay and offered to cover electricity and cleaning costs upon moving out. After being refused, A began privately dealing with items, selling some furniture to subsidize living expenses.

When the author discovered missing items and requested a list and amounts, A first claimed “it was never clearly stated that the sale money needed to be returned,” then demanded 500 AUD as a service fee. The author asked for bank statements; A only sent chat screenshots to avoid the issue. Only after being threatened with police involvement did A provide partial records, but over a thousand AUD remained unaccounted for. In the end, only 20 AUD was received before being blocked.

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A even sent a photo and contact information of a woman, claiming she had taken the items and calling her a thief. The author proactively contacted the woman to verify; she had only exchanged a few brief messages with A on social media.