by Con Warner
Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:41 am
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:52:45 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Reply to your ad: 1br - Beautiful 1 Bedroom Flat near Regents Park
To: Con Warner
Thanks for your email and it is my gladness to hear from you.I am Bill,the owner of the Flat you are making inquiry of.Actually I resided in the Flat with my family,presently we moved away due to my transfer from my working place,my Flat is Located at 24, Rosary Gardens, South Kensington London, SW7 4NT and presently my Flat is still available for rent for 400GBP per month including the utilities like hydro,washer,gas,internet, cou ncil tax and secured parking Space,it is fully furnished but we can get it unfurnished for you if you prefer that..Now, I went for a Crusade in the West Africa and i will like you to get in touch with my wife in the United states for more details & pictures of our flat as She is with the keys and the documents to the Flat.Please, i want you to note that i am a kind and honest person,also i spent a lot of money on my property that i want to give you for rent,so i will solicit for your absolute maintenance of this Flat and want you to treat it as your own,I hope you understand that.I want you to keep it tidy all the time so that i will be glad to see it neat when i eventually come to London to see our clean it is and will try to do that some day...Where areyou located? let us know how soon you are willing to move in as we are deciding very soon on who to take our flat.Email my wife Diana, on ([email protected]) she will attend to you better.
Thanks for your interest.
Best Regards,
Bill
NB Viewing wont be possible now but everything can be done accordingly if you are ready for this to be done and we are not just after the rent but someone who will take good care of our flat.Its still available and you will enjoy it
You contact his wife and receive this reply:
Thanks for the email you sent to my husband and he send your email to me.My husband owns the Flat, also want you to know that it was due to my husband's transfer that made us to leave the Flat and looking for a responsible person that can take very good care of it, we are not after the money for the rent (which is why is so low)but want to rent it out to a very clean and neat person and want it to be clean all the time.So for now,I am in Florida Miami Beach in the United States in our new home for a seminar and also I am with the keys and documents of the Flat since the agent we trusted let us down,so viewing won't be possible for now as we will never trust any agent nor realtor due to the bad experience we've once had.We don't want the Flat to be used any how in our absence that is why we took the keys and documents along with us here since my husband is also in West Africa for a mission for God's Work.I hope you will promise us to take very good care of the Flat which is what we are really looking for.So get back to me on how you could take good care of our Flat or perhaps experience you have in renting a home.Hope you are okay with the price per month with hydro,gas,electric,internet facilities,council tax all included in the monthly rent...View pictures in the attached files.I am looking forward to hearing from you as soon as possible so that i can forward you an application to fill out and discuss on how to get the flat for rent.
Hope to read from you soon.
Becky
NB Viewing wont be possible now but everything can be done accordingly if you are ready for this to be done and we are not just after the rent but someone who will take good care of our flat.Its still available and you will enjoy it ..if you want to proceed about this,let me know so i can send you the application form and as i have said , everything can be done in order and approriately
This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union with a promise that they will send the keys through a courier company.
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 payment to 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.
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.
