Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Michelle Mon Apr 04, 2016 10:37 am
Francisc Oura <[email protected]> escreveu:


Obrigado pelo seu interesse,

Lamento pelos meus erros gramaticais. Eu não sou originalmente de Portugal.
Por favor, responda-me em Inglês, se puder.

O apartamento está disponível para alugar em bom estado, totalmente mobiliado e bem equipados. É espaçoso e bem ventilado, com restaurantes, supermercados e transportes públicos ao redor, e localizado em uma área muito bonita e segura na R. Boa Nova 88, 4050-101 Porto.

O aluguel é de € 300, incluindo todos os serviços públicos (Internet / água / gás / electricidade / aquecimento / TV a cabo).

Atualmente não estou em Portugal. Estou engenheiro e eu trabalho em (BP Europa SE Oddzial w Polsce) no Polônia. Eu comprei este apartamento para o meu filho durante os estudos que ele é, mas agora ele está de volta para casa no Polôniapermanentemente, assim que eu estou alugando o local por tempo ilimitado. Eu não tenho ninguém lá que eu confio para deixar as chaves e devido a minha experiência passada com os agentes, porque eu não gosto de como eles tratam os inquilinos e imóveis, enquanto eu não estou por perto, resolvi trancar o apartamento, então eu tenho o chaves aqui comigo. Mas isso não irá afetá-lo em tudo porque eu posso tomar providências para alugar o apartamento de Polônia(em minha custa, claro).

Antes de ir mais longe que eu gostaria de saber um pouco sobre você, como quantas pessoas você pretende morar no apartamento, e por quanto tempo.

Ficarei a aguardar notícias suas.


Cumprimentos


Francisc Oura <[email protected]>

Assunto: RE: Apartamento em Porto



Thanks for your reply,


You seem to be a very nice person and I can assure you we will not have any problems.

Like I have informed you before, the monthly rent will be €300 and i want in advance the money for the first 2 months ( €600 ) plus guarantee deposit €500 (the guarantee deposit €500 you will receive back at the end of the contract. I request this deposit because everything in the apartment is new and i want to be good kept..hope you understand ), with no extra taxes to pay. The rent, I want to receive them monthly to my bank account, so I hope it will be no problem for you to wire the money.

The apartment is ready, you will only have to receive the key to check it and see if you like it. In order of that, I've found a way for us to complete the deal safely and fast so you will receive the keys in less than 2 days.

The solution I've chosen is provided by Airbnb ( www.airbnb.com ); they handle rentals for people who are unable to solve them alone, which are abroad etc., so they will take care both the inspection and payment.
I will support all the shipping taxes for the package.


I will explain the procedure if you are interested so please email me as soon as you read this message because I really need to take care of this matter.


Best Regards


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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