Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Michelle Mon Oct 19, 2015 4:58 am
From: George kessery <[email protected]>
Subject: Home at 3546 Trenton Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
To: Michelle Banks

Hello

We are pleased that you have an interest in our house. Our lovely home is still available for lease, we want responsible & decent adults/family that possess qualities to manage our home as if it were theirs. My wife and I initially had it up for sale but changed our mind and decided to lease/rent it out. The agent we previously put in charge over our rental property was asking too much of an agent fee by inflating the rental fee there by making it difficult for people to afford the rent. For this reason, I decided to rent it out my self and no longer want any third party rather a direct agreement between me and any interested tenant. If you drive by you can still notice the sign post of the agent in-front of the house. But don't worry I have already instructed the agent to take off the sign post from the property.

The reason why our house is up for lease is because I got transferred from my place of work to Brooklyn NY, I will be away with my family for at least 5 years or more. I work as a Robotic Programmer & Welder/Fitter here in New York and got married to a lovely wife who is a member of Joyce Meyer Ministries. As you can see our rental fee is below standard this shows we aren't really bothered about the rental fee rather our most priority is your assurance in being able to keep our home in good condition always. I know there is no way I can be sure that you are the right person to live in our home cos we won't be able to see in person before shipping the keys and documents to your present address for you to occupy the house at your convenient date. But we are going by trust here with whatever you tell us about your self and previous rental experiences . You can get back to me if you are truly interested, by telling me more about yourself, your previous rental experience and the time you wish to rent our home . I await your reply ASAP.

Below are more details about my home
Address: 3546 Trenton Way, El Dorado Hills,
CA 95762
Bed Room: 4 Bath room : 3
Rental fee: 1800
security deposit:1000
Pet Fee:200
Application Fee: Free

Remain blessed
LandLord (George Kessery)


This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union, MoneyGram, pre-paid credit card or bank transfer with a promise that you can have the keys to a property that does not belong to him.

Sounds safe. It's not!

At other times, he will ask for proof that you are able to pay the deposit and rent due to a string of time wasters.
This proof is in the form of a Western Union or MoneyGram payment to a lawyer,a friend or family member.

In either case, if payment is made and you give this person the details, they will collect the money.
You will not hear from them again.

All the details such as names, addresses, pictures etc. that the scammer uses in order to back up his story, are stolen from elsewhere.

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 Craigslist, Gumtree or similar listing sites. If you receive any requests from 'Landlords' asking for some kind of payment 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.
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by Michelle Mon Oct 26, 2015 3:41 pm
From: George kessery <[email protected]>

Subject: Rental Application

Find above the Rental Application form, you can download the rental application above directly in your email, fill your information in the required field and email back to us, I can see your willingness in leasing our home and hope we will never have regrets in leasing our home to you.I want you to also know that we will let you stay in our home till the period of time you wish to as long as you pay up your rent on time.

All we ask for is making sure you fill the rental application form properly so that we may approve you as our tenant. As soon as we conclude with all reviews I'll let you know the next step to take for you to view the inside of my home and also secure our home so as to take it off market to make other renters stop contacting us for the
same house you are about renting.

Regards
by Michelle Devoux Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:03 pm
The scammer has now posted home rental on realtor.com
Home is 1918 Wyndham Way
Lodi,CA 95242
Same email response as other folks have posted except he is responding from my inquiry on realtor.com
by HoskeyJ Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:08 am
I was contacted by the same guy today. He uses the name John Morgan as well. The email is [email protected] and he contacted me from number 6316096759. Same email just different address in NC

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