The Palace Reservation http://palacereservationhome.com/

They might just be a victim of the same scammers. The thing is that the site have listed the same appartments as the other ones. Might be the actual appartments for rent. But if you look on all the appartments from DC, then they use the same pictures in their ads. Which is also the same pictures as the ones at the scam pages.
I found a few others from the same guys at craigslist as well, but forgot to post them, i'll look for them while searching after a apartment

http://holidayapartment.page.tl/Washington-DC.htm

same guys

Bumping myself to the top with their script (don't want this to sink too far - I keep updating my first post of this thread with all their sites):

The money amount may vary, ofcourse.

Thank you very much for your inquiry.

For your travel dates we could offer you the following options:

Our HOLIDAY APARTMENT is $420/week.

We are available throughout that time. The cost per night is $60.00 a night, so for 3 days the total is $180.

This includes all utilities. There is a fully equipped kitchen. We supply all linens, and there is parking space.
There is high speed wireless internet for your convenience. If you are interested we take 40% and refundable $200 security deposit to confirm your booking and the rest of the balance on your arrival.

Or you may pay in full at the time of the booking. The amount of 40% would be $72 plus $200 security deposit making $272, we will secure and reserve the apartment if you make this deposit .

We accept money transfer or bank transfer only.

Please let us know if you are interested and we can go from there.

You can view more pictures and information on our website at:
<link here>

Thank you and have a great day.

Thanks for your reply,The security deposit will be given back to you in cash on your checking out day.since you are ready to make your reservation now before anybody book your date,we are going to send you a receipt and your booking confirmation slip immediately we confirm your deposit.There is a receptionist in the apartment that will check you in immediately you arrive.You are going to use your booking confirmation number to identify yourself at the reception.So we will advise you to make your deposit through western union now.Below are the information that you will use to send the deposit of
$368 at the western union store around you.

Name: Harry Joe
Address: 90 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3HP Head Office Receptionist Phone Number: +44 703 598 2360

Please send us the MTCN and the full name you use to send the deposit so that we can be able to confirm the deposit and send your booking confirmation number immediately.Please get back to us asap.Thanks for your co-operation and we will love to have you in our apartment.

Their ads on craigslist are like this (prices and locations may vary):

you can visit our website <link here> for more pictures,information and other available apartments..Email: <addy here>@gmail.com
<link here>
Apartment Type & Rate


New York Studio Large Apartment $300 A Week & $45 Per Night
New York One Bedroom $370 A Week & $55 Per Night
New York Two Bedrooms with 2 bathrooms $500 A Week & $75 Per Night


you can visit our website <link here> for more pictures,information and other available apartments..Email: <addy here>@gmail.com


<link here>
BOOK NOW


The apartments are located in Herald Square in the centre of Manhattan, close to many sights and attractions. Just minutes away are Macy's - one of New York's famous department stores, and the Empire State Building - the 102 story, art deco wonder that offers stunning views of the city from the observation deck. Madison Square Garden is just a short walk away and Tiffany and Co, Times Square and the Statue of Liberty are within easy reach.

Travel Information:

<link here>
Apartment Facilities:


The features below apply to all of the apartments:
Air Conditioning Bathroom Accessories Broadband Cleaning Kit On Request (Additional charge) Clock Radio Coin Operated Washer/Dryer On Each Floor Cordless Phone On Request (Additional charge) DVD Player On Request (Additional charge) Dishwasher Full Kitchen Linen Package On Request (Additional charge) Microwave Oven Patio Furniture On Request (Additional charge) Plasma TV Separate Dining Area Telephone Vacuum Cleaner..


you can visit our website <link here> for more pictures,information and other available apartments..Email: <addy here>@gmail.com
Safety equipment/installations*

<link to their site here>

Dry standpipe * Fire safety system * Dead bolt in rooms * Audible smoke alarms * 24 hour security staff * Annual safety inspections * Break glass emergency phone * Key card-operated door locks * Smoke extractors in corridors * Video camera at bldg entrance * Auto doors can be forced open* Emerge. lighting at emerge. exits * Complies w. Htl Safety Act 1990 * Smoke extractors in public areas * Loudspeaker system * Exterior video surveillance * Emergency electric generator * Visual alarm for common areas * Security peephole * Smoke alarm in room * Emergency info in rooms * Smoke alarm in public areas * Meets Accor staff safety stds * Compliant national safety regs * Compliant with Accor safety stds.


<link here>

This is a very busy group of scammers. So far we have detected and terminated 17 of their sites, more are getting built as fast as we can shut them down. Do NOT engage business with these people.

another site from this people,still up:

http://www.palacecityreservationhome.com/

Nice find! Another site for me to play with. I'll get to it right away and hope for it to be down soon

Thanks for reporting!

I ALMOST got scammed.

Your site saved me!!!

from nice apartment home <[email protected]>
date Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 2:00 PM
subject Re: Our Available One Bedroom Apartment In Washington DC
mailed-by gmail.com
signed-by gmail.com

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Thanks for your reply,the security deposit will be given back to you
in cash on your checking out day.since you are ready to make your
reservation now before anybody book your date,we are going to send you
a receipt and your booking confirmation slip immediately we confirm
your payment.There is a receptionist in the apartment that will check
you in immediately you arrive.You are going to use your booking
confirmation number to identify yourself at the reception.So we will
advise you to make your payment through western union now.Below are
the information that you will use to send the payment of $300 at the
western union store around you.

Name: Harry Joe
Address: 90 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3HP
Head Office Receptionist Phone Number: +44 703 598 2360

Please send us the MTCN and the full name you use to send the payment
so that we can be able to confirm the payment and send your booking
confirmation number immediately.Please get back to us asap.Thanks for
your co-operation and we will love to have you in our apartment.

I am glad you guys are around.

So I got hit by the same guys for the Kings Home Apartments for $500. I was actually dumb enough to send the $500 to Rowland Nelson..

Thanks for you reply,Since you are ready to secure your reservation with us.

You need to send the deposit through Western Union.

We will send you the booking conformation slip and your confirmation
number will be on it including the name you use in making the
payment.you have to make your payment now,so that we can be able to
send your booking confirmation number before you arrive,because you
will use the confirmation number to present yourself at the reception
before the receptionist can be able to check you in,so we will want
you to make your payment through Western Union now.
Below are the information that you will use to send the deposit of
$320 or the full
payment of $500 at the Western Union store around you.Just go and
Western Union store close to you now and tell them you want to send
money to the below information..

Name: Rowland Nelson
Address: 55 Park Lane,London,W1K 1NA.Tel: +44 70457 28221..

Please send us the MTCN and the full name you use to send the payment
with the country you are sending it from so that we can be able to
confirm the payment and send your booking confirmation number
immediately.Please get back to us asap.Thanks for your co-operation
and we will love to have you in our apartment.


I have actually gotten rowland on the phone, I can barely understand him..the number included in my post...When I spoke to him I was well aware that I had been scammed at this point, and just asked if i was going to get my confirmation number and such and why he has not been replying to my emails, told me i needed to send $250 more. Ha. ha.

I wonder where these people are...

Hi there footknife,

I am sorry to hear you got scammed by these people . As you could read in my first post in this thread this is a pretty big gang, creating new websites every week. I try to get them offline as soon as possible, but as this is a very fast-paced form of scamming even a few days is too long. Right now I don't know of websites from them that are still online, could you tell me which site they sent you to? I'll get to work asap then.

I'm afraid that there is no way to retrieve your money. Payments through Western Union are very unsafe and once picked up virtually untraceable. Don't be fooled with the +4470 prefix on the telephone number, this is a redirect telephone number and transfers calls to anywhere in the world. I was able to trace them in the past - their IP resolved to Nigeria.

Hi Michael,

Yeah my girlfriend found them on Craigslist on the Kingshomeapartments.com site.

Yeah well aware that I am not going to get the money back, is Western Union able to tell you where the money was picked up?

Once a payment has been made by Western Union it's completely untraceable, I'm afraid. And even if you would find out which office exactly, there is absolutely no way to know who exactly it was that picked it up - they are using fake names so the specific scammer stays out of shot.

Here is another website that seems to be a scam like the other ones. I got a very similar reply with the 40% plus deposit. I am really glad this website exists!

http://www.deekingsholidaycity.com/default.html
[email protected]
+44 703 598 2360
90 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3HP

Thank you very much for sharing! I'll report it soon to get it offline. I'm very glad to hear you found us!

http://www.funcityreservationhomes.com/ is their other new website.

I also found this hideous being used by the same gang

http://www.delrixapartments.com/html/booking-form-cnt.html

Hi there braindancer, thanks for notifying! I didn't know about that one yet. I'll add it to the list. Delrixapartments.com has already been reported, I think I forgot adding that to the list on my first post. Apologies