Rental Scammer = [email protected]

<[email protected]> wrote:


Thank you for the email and interest in my sublet unit. Some intro
about me - My name is Stephanie and I am a travel nurse who is looking to
rent out my apartment for 3 to 12 months (from now until the End of
August) I just received an emergency offer to work for the Bassett
Army Community Hospital, Fort Wainwright in Alaska. I am also open to
a short term sublease between 1 to 2 months as I'm keen to sort out my
apartment situation as soon as possible.

I will like to confirm the dates you need the place for to be sure to
accommodate you or if I'll have to find another renter to occupy the
place for the remaining term in-between afterwards.

I welcome any questions you may have and happy to provide you pictures
of the place as well as additional information.

I look forward to moving with the next steps.

Best Regards,

Stephanie

<[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks for the email. It's good to hear from you back. Sorry for not
answering quicker, was busy at work, Looking forward to sealing this
process with you ASAP.

My apartment is completely furnished with the living room furniture
(just as in the pictures) and a sofa with pull-over. And has all the
basic appliances and equipments. The kitchen is equipped with the
necessary kitchen ware, cooking wares, pots, pans, etc. There is a
refrigerator and a washer and dryer in the apartment also. I actually
had to arrange for the washer/dryer by myself since the building
offers it's own laundry, but I prefer to do in the apartment (and got
the permission to do so). The bedroom has a door and there are extra
sets of bedspreads and duvets. The wardrobes and drawers have been
emptied already. The apartment consists one bathroom well tidy and
comfy too. I arranged 2 fresh sets of towels in the bath just in case
too.

The rent covers the most important utilities i.e. electricity, water,
gas, telephone, Internet, Tv/cable and garbage disposal. There is also
a free single car parking space included, within the building's
designated parking area. The building also has some amenities of his
own such as a gym & pool, business center, sauna, central
air-conditioning, laundry and a bar/relaxation center too.

My apartment is actually simple and open, in the sense that it is not
packed, rather it is quite free to move around and also easy to
tidy/clean. The Public transportation is both convenient and
plentiful.

The place is currently vacant and I am keen to sign an agreement to
have it subleased soon and i'm fine with signing the lease with you
for the period you've indicated (with option to extend available).

I would prefer to sign notable agreement with you for the place,
highlighting the basics. I will need the first month rent $1250 with
the refundable deposit of $1250 making a total of $2500 to secure the
place after signing the paperwork. I can email the paperwork to you to
sign after you might have filled the necessary forms.

To proceed I am attaching the rental forms needed to be filled just to
have written information of your intent to lease my apartment. I
suppose part of the information will also need to be transferred to
the contract.

I plan to make the keys available to collect through the building,
upon your arrival, so you can just pick up the keys at the building
prior to moving-in. I will however need to complete all the
documentations/agreement and take payment for the apartment so I can
send copies of everything to the building before you can go there to
collect the keys. It is important that all the paperwork be sent to
the building so they can enter your name into the building system and
so you can have access to all of the building facilities.

I have attached additional picture of the washer/dryer, and very much
look forward to sealing this with you. The apartment is a one bedroom
apartment and not a studio. As regards to payment of rent the first
deposits can be done (or paid directly to my landlord's bank account).

Hope to read from you soon.

Best regard,

Stephanie

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.