Flat for rent Cardiff £440 p/m Miguel Jose Suarez

Beware of this scammer!! He tried to scam me!! He wanted me to transfer money through MoneyGram to a family member and then send him a close up scan of the reciept!! He was very adament about using MoneyGram and this is why i objected as i do not trust MoneyGram or Western Union, espcially not for a spanish bloke who i have never even met before, or even seen the flat!! I has a feeling it was too good to be true! So beware!!

The first email will probably look like this!!


Hello,
My name is Miguel Jose Suarez and I am from Spain and the flat is still available for rent. I had an aunt in UK and after her death she left me her apartment from UK a few years ago.
The flat was redecorated last year and the flat is looking very nice and clean. The property has a fully furnished kitchen,clean and well tidy sitting rooms,laundry room,and fully furnished with home utilities like: electric shower, Lounge,Vacuum Cleaner,Toaster, Owen and microwave, dryer, iron, washing machine , refrigerator , dishwasher, power shower, heater, cable ready,TV set and DVD player,Internet connection, equipped kitchen and everything a house needs. I m interested in finding someone clean who can take care of this house more then getting money from renting it if you know what I mean.
Till last month the apartment was rented by some students from Germany and now they left and the apartment is available again for rent. The price I want is £440 per month,bills included and I am intrested in a long term agreement,minimum 6 month!
If you are decided to view the flat and have the money I could come in the next few days to show you the apartment and maybe sign the tenancy agreement if you like my flat(I am sure you will love it) but first I have to be sure you really do need a place to live because two weeks ago a person from Cardiff told me he is really interested and he asked me to go to Cardiff to meet him and sign the tenancy agreement and when I arrived there no person showed up to rent my place and I lost time and money for nothing. Please accept my apologises if I am rude but I hope you will understand me!

I will wait for your e-mail,Miguel Jose Suarez

Welcome Beth,

I am glad you were able to avoid being scammed. Unfortunately, there are many scammers running this same scam--and the fake names, addresses, and locations change all the time. The scammer is not Spanish--he is African and has likely never been to Spain. Scammers like this one do not have a conscience, and will steal from anyone, no matter what their personal or financial situation, without hesitation. In fact, they often target people with little money who need an inexpensive place to stay.

Can you post the headers of the email he sent (but delete your own email address) since many potential victims google the email addresses when investigating a possible scam?

I have just copied the same post as I put for 'benito'since it is the same scam - and I hope that this will help others realise its a scam...

Unbelievable - I really looked forward to moving into that flat He hasn't asked me for the money gram yet but I am sure that will be his next e-mail....luckily I put his name into google and saw all of your comments!!! I bet this guy gets money of loads of people!!! But how can I stop him - oter than report him on this site?

Below are the first two e-mails of him.

Hello,
My name is Miguel Jose Suarez and I am from Spain and the flat is still available for rent. I had an aunt in UK and after her death she left me her apartment from UK a few years ago.
The flat was redecorated last year and the flat is looking very nice and clean. The property has a fully furnished kitchen,clean and well tidy sitting rooms,laundry room,and fully furnished with home utilities like: electric shower, Lounge,Vacuum Cleaner,Toaster, Owen and microwave, dryer, iron, washing machine , refrigerator , dishwasher, power shower, heater, cable ready,TV set and DVD player,Internet connection, equipped kitchen and everything a house needs. I m interested in finding someone clean who can take care of this house more then getting money from renting it if you know what I mean.
Till last month the apartment was rented by some students from Germany and now they left and the apartment is available again for rent. The price I want is £440 per month,bills included and I am intrested in a long term agreement,minimum 6 month!
If you are decided to view the flat and have the money I could come in the next few days to show you the apartment and maybe sign the tenancy agreement if you like my flat(I am sure you will love it) but first I have to be sure you really do need a place to live because two weeks ago a person from Cardiff told me he is really interested and he asked me to go to Cardiff to meet him and sign the tenancy agreement and when I arrived there no person showed up to rent my place and I lost time and money for nothing. Please accept my apologises if I am rude but I hope you will understand me!

I will wait for your e-mail,Miguel Jose Suarez

Hello,
I will attach some pictures of the flat,floor plan and also a model of the rental contract! The flat is located on 119, Romilly Road, CARDIFF, CF5 1FN but I can`t give you the exactly address because there`s no one living out there and I`m afraid of thief's and I do apologies for this but I hope you understand me because I`m in Spain right now! The property benefits from access to beautifully maintained communal gardens and comprises reception room, kitchen with washing machine/tumble dryer, master bedroom with fitted wardrobes and en suite bathroom, second bedroom with fitted wardrobe and bathroom.
In the kitchen there is a dishwasher and also a Big fridge freezer! Regarding the council tax I can tell you that it is included in the price of £440 per month and also Sky TV,internet broadband,gas and electricity are also included in this price! I am intrested in a minimum six month agreement and I request two months advance rent payment plus one month refundable deposit (£440) wich you will get it back at the end of the contract.
Regarding the plummings and all that kind of stuff I can tell you that the flat was recently renovated and all electrical part and plummets are new so that won`t be necessary any repairs anyway I have a person who can manage this starting from September .
We can sign the rental contract starting from next weekend but I need to be sure that you have serious intentions in renting the flat that`s why I attach here a model of the rental contract and also we can discuss the terms when we will meet!
If you are decided to view the flat let me know because there is another person interested in reserving it!
Kind regards

Hello skate_fish

What Dottie was asking for was the headers that the e-mail came with.

Although the words that the Scammer is using are the same as in your previous post, these crooks tend to change their e-mail address every few days to avoid detection, and as it is normally the e-mail address that people search for it is helpful to see it displayed.

I have been inundated with emails after having enquired about a flat, only to find that Mr Suarez is still up to his old tricks and has changed his name to 'Olifer Lansen from Denmark'. The wording is identical to the emails in the previous posts. The flat in Cardiff is above Starbucks in Queen Street. We are a homeless charity - lucky we check everything out before a vulnerable person is scammed!

The scam is still going - I got in contact via gumtree. He's now Oliver Kliver from Denmark and insisting on Western Union transactions which is what raised by suspicions. Exactly the same text as noted on here in the first email. Thank you scam warners for confirming them! I will report to gumtree.

Welcome to ScamWarners Cardiff Resident.

Could you please post the initial email that you received from this scammer. Please include the name and email address he used.
Thanks.