by Michelle
Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:18 am
From: "Steven Hacketh" <[email protected]>
Date: Nov 30, 2015 11:58 AM
Subject: Apartment
Cc:
Hello
The apartment can be reserved for you.I am presently in Luhansk Ukraine, the apartment keys and documents are with me.I will need to send you the keys and documents by a postal agency.Actually am not after the rental fee but what i need is someone that will take good care of the apartment for me. This is the reason why am offering the apartment at that rate.I hope you shall be promising to take good care of the apartment.I want you to stick to your words.I will want you give me the below information before you can be eligible to rent the apartment.I want you to provide the requested information in other for me to send you the keys and documents before you will be visiting the apartment.
REQUESTED INFORMATION
1)Your Full Name
2)Your Full Address & Phone Number
3)Are you married?
4)How many people will be living in the house?
5)Do you have a pet?
6)Do you have a car?
7)Occupation?
Rent Duration?
Looking forward to read from you with all this details. so that i can have it in my file in case of issuing the receipt and contacting you.Await your reply so that we can discuss on how you will get the apartment keys and documents. please am giving you all this base on trust and again i will want you to stick to your words, you know that we have not seen each other yet and am only putting everything on trust.
Looking forward to read from you.
Cheers
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.
