by emindc
Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:51 pm
"Hello _____, thank you for your interest in our apartment, as the unit is still available for long and short term purpose. Just a couple of weeks ago, me and my family relocated to West Africa due to my recent appointment as a Missionary. Never the less, our only concern is to find a good and responsible tenant that will maintain and govern our apartment very well in our absence(The reason for the price been cheap). We want it to be clean and the person that will rent it to take it as if it were his or her own.
So i hope you will promise us to take very good care of the house as the rent fee includes all utilities. kindly get back to me on how you could take care of our Apartment and perhaps share your experience in renting home.
I have attached pictures of the apartment for you to view, please do fill the application form below;
RENT APPLICATION FORM
1)Your Full Name?
2)Your Full Address & Phone Number?
3)How old are you?
4)Are you married?
5)How many people will be living in the house?
6)Do you have a pet?
7)Do you have a car?
8 )Occupation?
9)When do you want to move in?
10)How long do you want to stay in my apartment?
11)Pictures of all the Occupant that will stay in my apartment?
I ...............................................CERTIFY that answers given herein are true and complete to the best of my knowledge. I authorize investigation of all statements contained in this application for tenant screening as may be necessary in arriving at a tenant decision. I understand that the landlord may terminate any rental agreement entered into for any misrepresentation made above.
We received a lot of emails but, they are not the kind of tenants we are looking for and we told them that we can't rent it out to them because most of them are smokers and drinkers.
I am looking forward to read from you with all the details so that i can have it in my file in case of issuing the receipt to you and contacting you as i am very busy with work over here. I await your urgent reply so that we can discuss on how to get the keys and document to you.
Thank You.
Mrs Anna Robinson."
I asked for the actual address of the apartment, as it was not given in the listing on craigslist, and requested pictures. She responded saying:
"Dear ______,
Thank you for the reply and i want you to know that you have no problem as the keys and documents required to view the apartment are here with us, so once we review your details and if it meets our requirements, we shall then discuss how to proceed on getting the keys and documents shipped to you.
The apartment is located on: Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington DC 20036.
remain blessed,
Mrs Anna Robinson.
These pictures were attached
The picture of the bathroom came up here on scamwarners and that was how I knew for certain that this was a scam. Additionally, when prompted further for the actual address of the apartment, she responded
"Dear ______,
Thank you for the reply and i want you to know that you have no problem as the keys and documents required to view the apartment are here with us, so once we review your details and if it meets our requirements, we shall then discuss how to proceed on getting the keys and documents shipped to you.
The apartment is located on: Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington DC 20036.
remain blessed,
Mrs Anna Robinson."
I have not heard back from her since then.