Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: richard smith [[email protected]]


Hello , God bless you for your interest about my house the Lovely Home featuring 3 Bedrooms and 2 Baths. Fenced in back yard with basement. No application fee required. Pets welcome......$700.00, Is still available for rent. I am renting this house to a responsible and neat person or family who has the fear of God that will take my house as his or her own. Presently Myself,my wife and my three lovely kids have moved out of the house due to our missionary work transfer to San Diego, CA (http://www.missionstraining.org/index.html) and this is why we are actually renting it out so if you are interested and will take good care of our house then we will be ready to accept you as our future tenant and family friend.
I spent less time in Birmingham AL so i could not get a hold on any good Realtor who will handle this rent issue well the one we are using is not Trustworthy and the Realtor take advantage of us and my plan is to sale the house and the gents inflates the price so we ask him to stop selling it.

If you really impress me by taking good care of our house then you will be allowed to stay as long as you wish okay. This is the address of the House:(705 13th Ct NW Birmingham AL 35215)
Appliances Included:
Dishwasher, Garbage disposal, Range / Oven, Refrigerator.
Room Types:
Family room, Laundry room, Master bath.
Hope you are okay with the price of $700.00/month with heat laundry facilities, air condition and so on and the deposit fee is $600.00, PETS ARE WELCOME! I am looking forward to hear from you ASAP so that i can forward you an Application to fill out and discuss on how to get the House for rent.

Thanks and God Bless you i will like you to text me (754) 223-9268 for more information..
Best Regards,
Richard Smith.

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.

From: richard smith [[email protected]]

Thanks very much for your reply and also i can see your willingness in this rent, your application form has been approved and you are now qualify for this rent. We shall be renting our property to you, please again promise me you will take very good care of the house, we are giving you this based on trust, please do not disappoint us and i promise you that you will love the house. The house is Big, conducive and needs no amendment. We are very impressed with your response to the application form. I will need the full address where the keys and documents will be delivered to you. NOTE: Your rent begins to count from your move in date, Is that okay by you.Here are the contents of the packages that will be delivered to you via FedEx COURIER SERVICE.

1) Entrance and the rooms Key.
2) Paper/Permanent house form(Containing your reference details).
3) The house documentary file.
4) Hard copy of lease agreement.
5) Payment Receipt.
6) Full address and driving direction/description of the house to the address you supplied in your filled out application and we will receive our rent here via Walmart Transfer or MoneyGram . I will like to know if you are ready for the payment of the Security Deposit ($600) (The Security Deposit is refundable) Get back to me ASAP so i can forward you the information you will need in making the payment and also to go and register the package for shipment, the package will be delivered to you as soon as the payment is confirmed.