Rental Scammer - [email protected]

Od: Gerald Johansen <[email protected]>
Do: Michelle Banks
Data: 31 October 2010
Temat: Re: 2 bed flat to rent

> Hello,
> My name is Gerald Johansen and I amfrom Denmark and the flat is still available for rent. I had anaunt in UK and after her death she left me her apartment from UK afew years ago.
> The flat was redecorated last year and theflat is looking very nice and clean. The property has a fullyfurnished kitchen,clean and well tidy sitting rooms,laundryroom,and fully furnished with home utilities like: electric shower,Lounge,Vacuum Cleaner,Toaster, Owen and microwave, dryer, iron,washing machine , refrigerator , dishwasher, power shower, heater,cable ready,TV set and DVD player,Internet connection, equippedkitchen and everything a house needs. I m interested in findingsomeone clean who can take care of this house more then gettingmoney from renting it if you know what I mean.
> Till last month the apartment wasrented by some students from Germany and now they left and theapartment is available again for rent. The price I want is £480 permonth,bills included and I am interested in a long termagreement,minimum 6 month!
> If you are decided to view the flatand have the money I could come in the next few days to showyou the apartment and maybe sign the tenancy agreement if you likemy flat(I am sure you will love it) but first I have to be sureyou really do need a place to live because two weeks ago aperson from Milton Keynes told me he is really interested and heasked me to go to Milton Keynes to meet him and sign the tenancyagreement and when I arrived there no person showed up to rent myplace and I lost time and money for nothing. Please accept myapologises if I am rude but I hope you will understand me!
> I will wait foryour e-mail,Gerald Johansen

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.

From: Gerald Johansen <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Reply to your ad: New furnished 2 bedroom flat great location.
To: Michelle Banks
Date: Thursday, November 18, 2010, 11:56 PM

Hello again,

We could meet and maybe sign the tenancy agreement on Saturday but you see these is due to previous predicament that I have gone through in the past trying to rent the property to some students,I have got to realize so many people are not really in need of an apartment all they do is secure a place in advance, My last experience in trying to rent the property to a particular lady had got me to predicate on these,she made me believe she was willing and ready to get the apartment she even went to the extend of showing me her statement of account,which made me took her for the viewing but after taking her for the viewing,she saw the apartment and got to love it and never wanted to loose it,so she kept pleading i retain it for her because she is not financially composed at the moment,which i did but end up disastrously.
So basically for me to be sure of you been willing and ready to get the apartment I will employ you walk into any Post Office look after a Money gram agent send the total bill cash £1440(two months rent and one month refundable deposit) to your partener`s name(NOT to ME),or your partener should send it to you with location of Milton Keynes or any other UK city,All I need is for you to get back to me with the receipt issued to you after making the transaction so I can confirm it! When we will meet in person to sign the papers we will go together to Money Gram and you or your partner will withdraw the cash and pay me in hand or you can pay me on Monday by bank transfer! I just need to see that you do have the money available and you do have serious intentions in renting the flat! If the Money Gram agent will ask you about the receiver you should tell him that is your cousin because the transfer fees will be cheaper! Anyway I will pay for it either you take the flat or not! I will book the flight for Saturday as soon as I have your positive answer because I can come only in weekends!
I do apologise for that but as I told you last time when I arrived to Milton Keynes to show the flat to a person everything was a stupid joke and I hope you understand me because I don`t want to waste my time and money on plane tickets..
Regards