Room for Rent Scams (Various)

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[email protected]
dateThu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:52 AM
subjectAm interested.
Broward county - Florida - US

Hello,

Thanks very much for e-mailing me back,i really appreciate it.. I would have been kind of happy if we can meet,before making any plans,but am very busy and i have a lot of things to do right now.. I will really appreciate it if you can tell me more about the place and tell me little about you,because my uncle is presently very sick,and i have to travel to Finland to see him,but i want to secure the place down before going..


Right now,am in South Dakota,am staying in the address below:::

615 South Jefferson Avenue Pierre, SD 57501

My rent is going to due in 2 weeks time....

A lil about myself: neat, clean, nice, like to think of myself as a comedian at times, honest, responsible, straight forward, hard worker, like to be serious when needed but also like to have fun and enjoy life, well,am a quiet and gentle going person to live with, like the outdoors, like sports, like to workout, and for the most part a very caring person also. Im 25, 5'8 brown hair, brown eyes, pretty good shape,

I was born and brought up in Finland,i studied there,i had my university education right there while staying with my uncle.. I lived all my life in Finland before coming down to South Dakota(SD),have been living with my uncle since have been 13 years old of age...Then i was member of the Red Cross Association,it really sounds interesting for me...

Why am moving and my work:

Am moving over to your state because i understand that i'll be doing good over there,as have been told by my uncle's friend who have once live over there. And i will be working with any hospital around you as i am also making necessary enquiries on that now....


Am sure You 'll really like the person that i am ,because i will also do the dishing if you like,I work when i am to and relax when i am to,I also like sharing my thoughts also....paying rent on time will not be a problem as i will also be making the rent fee before the month ends....
Right now.I ve the support of my uncle about my well being,so you shouldn't be bothered about if i am competent of paying the rent ..


I must confess am comfortable with the price and I will want to secure the place down before my arrival so i will want you to tell me all about the place,as i can't see it before my arrival but the pictures...I also will want you to know that i have my car that i will be coming over with,and little of my furnitures,please let me know if there will be room for them..
With all that i ve said above,I have told you more about me and more picture of mine will be attach in the next email,Let me also know how i can go about securing the place down before my arrival as i will also be busy from next week preparing to come over and let me know if you can take off the ad off the site as i am going to secure the place with a deposit
Feel free to ask me any question and as i ve said,i am looking to move in by the availability of the place,but want to secured it now
Thanks..

Hi Kapusiv, welcome and thank you for posting

I am guessing you already know that but for the benefit of anybody who has doubts, the email above is part of a scam.

Some of the signs are;
The changes in writing ability, notice from one parragraph to the next the grammar deteriorates.

It contains the common writing errors of an African

A search on a small section of the email comes up in a search with scam related hits,

If you right click and open the following link in a new window you can see other examples of some of the same writing Click Here

Glad I googled "her" e-mail address...

from Hellen Slater <[email protected]>
to [redacted]
date Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 7:50 PM
subject l'm interested
mailed-by yahoo.com
signed-by yahoo.com

Dear [redacted],

I'll be so glad if you can reserve the room for me and i really appreciate the breakdown details of the house, more about me from Alaska (Anchorage) USA, a quiet,clean,honest,responsible and easy going person to live with, I'm 5"7',straight, 24 years of age. I dont drink nor smoke but i'm cool living with people that do. I love to go on date but seldomly party, I swim for fun and sometimes play long tennis. i lives here with my Uncle here in Alaska,my Dad died when i was young ,roommie i want you to know that i have no friends in the area except you for now lol. I speak English and French fluently..I am currently working on a research pertaining to my course work in culture and tourism.... I hope to end my current assignment by the end of this month here in Alaska and focus on my new assingment to your States..
I will like to make a payment of $525 and reserve the room for me before my arrival, and then i will make subsequent payment thereafter as i plan to stay for more than 6months. So i'll client to see you'll get the payment prior to my arriving date.....
To be honest with you i really like the kind of person you are from your little description and if you have the picture of the bedroom available, kindly forward it to my mailbox. I am really okay with the place....
I am planning to arrive before the end of next month so i will love to know if i can make the payment ahead of my arrival via business Cheque,money order or personnal Cheque,so you will get the payment by next week and i can go ahead making arrangement for sending the payment to you, also i will much apprecaite if you can mail your information like,your mailing address ,your full name,your contact number as to appear on the payment. I will like to ship in my car,luggage,laptop and other materials for my research ahead of my arrival...
I will also like you to remove the advert from the site b'cos i am ready to have your place rented.....


Hope to read from you soon.

Helen.

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I recently had an email and text message from Monica Paris...here's the posting:

From: [email protected]
Subject: Rent information
To: *******


Dear *****,

I'll be so glad if you can reserve the room for me and i really appreciate the breakdown details of the house, more about me from Alaska (Anchorage) USA, a quiet,clean,honest,responsible and easy going person to live with, I'm 5"7',straight, 24 years of age. I dont drink nor smoke but i'm cool living with people that do. I love to go on date but seldomly party, I swim for fun and sometimes play long tennis. i lives here with my Uncle here in Alaska,my Dad died when i was young ,roommie i want you to know that i have no friends in the area except you for now lol. I speak English and French fluently..I am currently working on a research pertaining to my course work in culture and tourism.... I hope to end my current assignment by the end of this month here in Alaska and focus on my new assingment to your States..
I will like to make a payment of $900 and reserve the room for me before my arrival, and then i will make subsequent payment thereafter as i plan to stay for more than 6months. So i'll client to see you'll get the payment prior to my arriving date.....
To be honest with you i really like the kind of person you are from your little description and if you have the picture of the bedroom available, kindly forward it to my mailbox. I am really okay with the place....
I am planning to arrive before the end of next month so i will love to know if i can make the payment ahead of my arrival via business Cheque,money order or personnal Cheque,so you will get the payment by next week and i can go ahead making arrangement for sending the payment to you, also i will much apprecaite if you can mail your information like,your mailing address ,your full name,your contact number as to appear on the payment. I will like to ship in my car,luggage,laptop and other materials for my research ahead of my arrival...
I will also like you to remove the advert from the site b'cos i am ready to have your place rented.....


Hope to read from you soon.


Monica.

This scam is STILL going on. I posted an ad on CL looking for a roommate and I received these:


Dear Stacie,

I'll be so glad if you can reserve the room for me and i really appreciate the breakdown details of the house, more about me from Alaska (Anchorage) USA, a quiet,clean,honest,responsible and easy going person to live with, I'm 5"7',straight, 24 years of age. I dont drink nor smoke but i'm cool living with people that do. I love to go on date but seldomly party, I swim for fun and sometimes play long tennis. i lives here with my Uncle here in Alaska,my Dad died when i was young ,roommie i want you to know that i have no friends in the area except you for now lol. I speak English and French fluently..I am currently working on a research pertaining to my course work in culture and tourism.... I hope to end my current assignment by the end of this month here in Alaska and focus on my new assingment to your States..
I will like to make a payment of $900 and reserve the room for me before my arrival, and then i will make subsequent payment thereafter as i plan to stay for more than 6months. So i'll client to see you'll get the payment prior to my arriving date.....
To be honest with you i really like the kind of person you are from your little description and if you have the picture of the bedroom available, kindly forward it to my mailbox. I am really okay with the place....
I am planning to arrive before the end of next month so i will love to know if i can make the payment ahead of my arrival via business Cheque,money order or personnal Cheque,so you will get the payment by next week and i can go ahead making arrangement for sending the payment to you, also i will much apprecaite if you can mail your information like,your mailing address ,your full name,your contact number as to appear on the payment. I will like to ship in my car,luggage,laptop and other materials for my research ahead of my arrival...
I will also like you to remove the advert from the site b'cos i am ready to have your place rented.....


Hope to read from you soon.

Rebecca.

MY REPLY:
Rebecca,

I'm 99% sure you're scamming me. I'll need you to scan and send me a picture of your id and also your social security number to do a background check.

-Stacie

Her reply:

Dear Stacie,

I really appreciate the reply ,I am okay with the price for rent, i'm trying to get everything set up as soon as i can cause i don't have much time to spend here again..am comfortable with the cost of the room and its quite reasonable and affordable. So i have discuss about the room payment to my uncle and he promise to make it up to you as soon as he have the necessary information that he will need to get the payment across to you.The check will be mail out to you via USPS regular mail delivery service and you will get it in couple of days.
All you have to do now in order to get the payment to you is to provide the below information.
(1)your full name. So that the check can be made payable to you.
(2)your contact address. In order to mail the check to you.
(3)your phone #. You can be reach in case of emergency.
The check will get to you as soon as possible so that i can secure the place prior to my arrival..
Waiting for your responce.Take care of yourself and have a pleasant day
I would have preferd to give you a calls since all this while,but i'm facing a little problem with my cell phone now,so i was planning to buy another phone when i arrive to the state. please kindly bear with me,i've attached some of my pictures please do let me know if i'm pretty or not...lol

Rebecca
Here is my informations
Rebeccca smith

I edited out information that most likely belongs to a victim or an unknowing person. ~Bubbles

Welcome to ScamWarners Stacie. Yes that is the wording of a scammer. I did edit out the address information for Bebecca because the real Rebecca is probably a previous victim or some one else tricked in the scam.

Please include the email address this scammer is using to communicate with you. You may also be able to check the IP of the scammer and determine their location. 99.9% sure it is not Alaska.

Scammer is using:

[email protected]

^^^^^ e-mail address previously listed here.

viewtopic.php?p=17844#p17844

Hi,

I'm,female, and i am from Netherland , specifically Purmerend .I speak both English and Ducth fluently, and i am 30years of age. I am currently working with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Netherland.I am currently on a research programme,and i am desperately looking for a place to stay.I am the neat type, honest,responsible,trustworthy and hardworking person while I love music a lot and I love pets so much,am quiet and easy going person to live with. I'm 5"7' straight. I always love to go on date but seldom party. I swim for fun and sometimes play tennis ,i also like watching football,basketball , i don't keep late nights neither will i have overnight guest around and i know that you will like the kind of person that am.I read your profile about the room and i would really want to secure the room before my arrival,and more so to know if it would be possible for me to pay for the room before my arrival,So i will like to know the total amount of the room per month and the utility included.All these information are very important so that i can su bmit my proposal to my Organization.My Organization will be responsible for all the fees and the payment will be by United State money order. I will need the following information to get the payment to you.
Full name as it will appear on the payment,Address,phone number
I would be glad to see your quick response.

Thanks.

Brittany


My Reply:
Hello Brittany,

You sound like a very nice person. I hope you like it here in Charleston. When will you be needing the place. Were you looking to rent the 2 bedroom apartment yourself or would you like a roommate? I understand how difficult it can be to move somewhere without connections and find a place. I would like to help in any way I can. The rent of the 2 bedroom place, by yourself with utilities included is $1100. If we find you a room mate it will be $575 per person.

This is the billing info you need.
Removed - CW
I hope to hear back from you soon.

Her Reply:
Hi Paige,
Thanks for writing me back soon.
I'm absolutely okay with the breakdown details of the room.I will be
making a payment for month rent to move in. I'll be so happy if you can reserve the room for me because I'm so much interested in renting the room.My organization will be responsible for all the fees and the payment will be by United State money order as i was stated in my previous, so paying my rent would not be a burden for me.I will need the following information so that my organization send the payment out to you soon..My coming over to the United States will by the 23th of this month things being equal. so i will like to pay for the rent and i will be staying for the minimum of 6 to 12 months,So you'll get the payment ahead of my arriving date.

looking forward to read from you.

Have a pleasant day.

Brittany.

My reply:
I will be very glad to reserve the room for you. Do you have a flight scheduled already for the 23rd? I'm sure you'll understand but I'd like for you to send me a copy of you plane ticket just so I know this isn't a scam of some sort. I could pick you up from the airport when you get here. Also, let the ILO know that you must also pay a one time security deposit of $575 + the first rent of $575 for the month of May.

I haven't received a reply after that

^^^ Please post the email address that this scammer used. It will help others who might carry out a web search.
Thanks.

New e-mail address; "Jenifer Brash [[email protected]]"

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Hello,

Thanks very much for e-mailing me back,i really appreciate it.. I would have been kind of happy if we can meet,before making any plans,but am very busy and i have a lot of things to do right now.. I will really appreciate it if you can tell me more about the place and tell me little about you I also want you to know the availability of the room,because my uncle is presently very sick,and i have to travel to Finland to see him,but i want to secure the place down before going..


Right now,am in South Dakota,am staying in the address below:::

15 South Jefferson Avenue Pierre, SD 57501

My rent here is going to due in no time

A lil about myself: Am neat, clean, nice, like to think of myself as a comedian at times, honest, responsible, straight forward, hard worker, like to be serious when needed but also like to have fun and enjoy life, well,am a quiet and gentle going person to live with, like the outdoors, like sports, like to workout, and for the most part a very caring person also. Im 26, 5'8 brown hair, brown eyes, pretty good shape,

I was born and brought up in Finland,i studied there,i had my university education right there while staying with my uncle.. I lived all my life in Finland before coming down to South Dakota(SD),have been living with my uncle since have been 13 years old of age...Then i was member of the Red Cross Association,it really sounds interesting for me...


Why am moving and my work:

Am moving over to your state because i understand that i'll be doing good over there,as have been told by my uncle's friend who have once live over there. And i will be working with any hospital around you as i am also making necessary enquiries on that now....


Am sure You 'll really like the person that i am ,because i will also do the dishing if you like,I work when i am to and relax when i am to,I also like sharing my thoughts also....paying rent on time will not be a problem as i will also be making the rent fee before the month ends....
Right now.I ve the support of my uncle about my well being,so you shouldn't be bothered about if i am competent of paying the rent ..


I must confess am comfortable with the price and I will want to secure the place down before my arrival so i will want you to tell me all about the place,as i can't see it before my arrival but the pictures...I also will want you to know that i have my car that i will be coming over with,and little of my furnitures,please let me know if there will be room for them..

With all that i ve said above,I have told you more about me and more picture of mine will be attach in the next email,Let me also know how i can go about securing the place down before my arrival as i will also be busy from next week preparing to come over and let me know if you can take off the ad off the site as i am going to secure the place with a deposit

Feel free to ask me any question and as i ve said,i am looking to move in by the availability of the place,but want to secured it now


Thanks..