Fake Cheque scammer - [email protected]

From: Kevin Barish [mailto: [email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 3:32 AM
To: Michelle
Subject: Reply asap!!!




Thanks for your mail ,Yes i appreciate your wanting to help us in our situation.I am a chemist by profession and i am currently working with NORTH WICKPARK &ST.MARK'S HOSPITAL,17 WATFORD ROAD,HARROW,MIDDLESEX, LONDON I will be in the states for the next one year with my wife and nine year daughter and during my stay i will be working with the United States Environmental Protection Agency on a private research work.We have a financier that is based in the states and he will be handling the rent deposit payment on our behalf,we will instruct him to send you the check for this as soon as you give us the go ahead to make payment to you.

Due to the limited time that we have before our arrival, we are making arrangements with a furniture company to supply the home with furniture,so we will need you to provide us with the measurements of the living room and bedroom so that we can send it to the furniture company so that they can supply the unit with furniture that will fit in well. As regards the lease agreement,i want you to send it to me for my review,i will eventually have it filled and signed on my arrival in your place as i am of the opinion that such documents are best filled and signed physically..We can start the lease by Sept. 11th and we will be doing a one year lease although we will not be arriving until the 25th of September.You can prepare the lease in my name Mr.Kelvin Moore and my wife's name Mrs....Melissa Moore. Please call my cell phone +447045763992

As regards the rent and deposit required to be paid by me in order to secure this rental prior to our arrival,i will need you to provide me with your full name in which the check
will be issued and your complete physical contact address to which it will be sent to by my financier,as soon as you provide these,i will forward it to my financier with an instruction to issue and send you the check....Please i need you to also reconfirm the total move in costs,that is the rent and deposit to be paid.
I will look forward to your email with the required information...
Thank you,
Mr.kelvin

I have a condo for lease and have received 3 of these letters in 2 months, along with an assortment of others with
minor variations. I presume that there is some time frame issue that will cause the scammers to need me to cover their check with my own money before their "payments" get to me. Two were from "Kevin Barish" and I trashed the others before finding this site.

The scammers would send you a check immediately. The check would be for more than the rent. They would ask you deposit the check, take out the overpayment, and send it to the (fake) "furniture company" by Western Union or Moneygram.

Unfortunately, the check would be a fraudulent one, but it might not be immediately obvious. If the fake isn't detected in the first few days, the bank will give you the cash as required by law. But weeks, even months later, the real account owner will discover the fraud, and the bank will take the money back from you (they legally have the right to do so). In addition you could be faced with a bunch of fines and fees, and possibly face criminal charges for the fraudulent deposit.