by Michelle
Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:53 am
From: sarah colin < [email protected] >
Subject: RE: Apartment
To: Michelle
Date: Monday, 12 July, 2010, 19:22
Thanks for your interest in my Flat I am a professional piano/music theory teacher, I'm easy going and friendly. I like Music and have deep interests in travelling. I respect every religion and love to hang around with people and i am definitely not a trouble maker and very helpful in nature. I am currently living in West-African.and I will be here for long that is why am renting out my Flat.
The Flat is located at: 40 Leys Avenue, CB4 2AW, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom.
The Flat is 2 bedroom and 2 bathroom furnished Flat and is strategically located in a very cool and lovely environment with five (5) appliances including dishwasher with in-suite laundry and plenty of storage space and parking space, professional and mature neighbors ensure peaceful living arrangements. Freshly painted and immaculately clean.
The rent per month is £650 monthly including utilities. I will like you to drive by to the building at your convenience to view the exterior of the building for you to know where the Flat is located and get back to me so that I can forward you the full interior pictures to you to have an idea how beautiful and spacious the inside looks.
Waiting to hear from you soon,
Regards.
Sarah-colin.
The thief will tell you that you can rent his accommodation only if you can prove that you have genuine interest. He will ask you send money by wire transfer (normally Western Union) to yourself or a member of the family to show that you have sufficient finances and that you are not a "time waster".
Another variation of this scam is that you need to send (by Western Union) money in order that the keys and other documents can be couriered to you
He will ask you to send him the transfer details.
Make no mistake ! Western Union Transfers can be picked up virtually anywhere in the world and with the minimum of identification. They are almost impossible to trace once the money has been collected. You will never get to see the accommodation or your money again.
If you are reading this because you are looking for property to rent, and you are in contact with this thief you are probably searching Gumtree or similar listing sites. If you receive any requests from 'Landlords' asking for some kind of payment by Western Union before viewing, then it will also be a scam. Please forward the mail to me at the address in my signature line and I will investigate and list them if necessary.
