[missedthecue]

upload proof of address with your name on it when creating the account, like a bank statement or electricity bill.

The only way for the landlord to cheat it is to set up fake accounts with companies and get statements sent to them. Probably possible but a lot of work for 1 review

[s1mon]

And how would the service verify the statements? Why would it take a fake account? It's not that hard to get a sample statement and modify it to seem real. If you could get confirmation from a bank or utility that might be enough to prevent forgeries, but what incentive would there be for them and why would they want to share private information?

[the_pwner224]

These days those are mostly electronic, it's not hard to edit the text in a PDF to make it show a different address. Not something an average person can easily do, but trivial for a motivated attacker to pull off with a bit of money or the right friends.

Also, if it has your name on it then it's no longer anonymous.

[neurobama]

Photoshop seems like a straightforward way around this method of verification. It works for the DMV here in the States, but perhaps only because lying in that context carries legal penalties.

[bombcar]

Any landlord will have utilities in his name at some point or another.

[wlesieutre]

NextDoor mails a card with a confirmation code to your address

[moneywoes]

Weird they didn’t do it for me

[wlesieutre]

They have other options too https://help.nextdoor.com/s/article/How-to-verify-your-addre...