Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: [email protected]
To: Michelle Banks
Subject: RENT APPLICATION FORM ACCEPTED
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:07:01 +0000

Thanks very much for your reply and also i can see your willingness in this rent your application form as been approved and you are now qualify for this rent. So as we shall be renting our properties to you, please again take very good care of the apartment.Once again, we are giving you this on trust and do not disappoint us and i promise you that you will love the apartment.

Here are the contents of the packages that will be deliver to you via DHL COURIER SERVICE.
1)Entrance and the Rooms Keys
2)Papers
3)Payment Receipt

So i am with your informations here with me and i will like to know whether you are ready for the payment of the first month rent and the bond so that you can move in asap.. Let me know If I could forward you the Information on how and where to send the money through any Western Union Money Transfer location nearest to you so I can get all the package sent to you immediately. If for any more info i can be reach at 0112347033626503 or +2347033626503. Hope to read from you soonest
Thanks and God bless
Regards

From: [email protected]
To: Michelle Banks
Subject: RE: RENT APPLICATION FORM ACCEPTED
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:13:45 +0000

Thanks for your reply and i want you to know that this is legit..i want you to know i have to be carefully this days cause i send the keys to someone and they stole all my belongings so that is why i don't want to do that anymore and i swear to almighty God that if you make the send the payment today you will surely get the keys and the documents so that you can be able to move in,You sound skeptical from your last email, and that is very wrong, if you are thinking that I just wanted to take your money for nothing. When I known how people worked and earn their money, I will never think of taking some advantages over you and your money, please take that out of your mind, that is really awful thing on the earth that I will never think about doing. Please understand me better, I was not trying to lure you into this, everything about me is 100% real ok, i will like you to know one thing i am a Man of God and i so much believe in his words and i can never tarnish my name and image all because of money and i wouldn't do such a thing when i have blood running through my vein,So as I shall be shipping out the keys and the document to you as soon as you make the payment....Let me know when if i can forward you the information you will be using in sending the payment....

Thanks & God Bless You

The thief will tell you that you can rent his accommodation only if you can prove that you have genuine interest. He will ask you send money by wire transfer (normally Western Union) to yourself or a member of the family to show that you have sufficient finances and that you are not a "time waster".

Another variation of this scam is that you need to send (by Western Union) money in order that the keys and other documents can be couriered to you

He will ask you to send him the transfer details.

Make no mistake ! Western Union Transfers can be picked up virtually anywhere in the world and with the minimum of identification. They are almost impossible to trace once the money has been collected. You will never get to see the accommodation or your money 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.