by Con Warner
Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:35 am
From: Daniel Chain <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 3:44 AM
Subject: Re: $1000 / 1br - Fully furnished one bedroom apartment available for sublet (SoHo)
To: Con Warner
Thanks for your interest in my apartment. To tell you little about myself. I'm a graduate with a degree in construction management and I formerly work in a management position at Heery international, a construction company. I'm easy going and friendly. I like Music and have deep interests in travelling. I respect every religion and love to hang around with people and i am definitely not a trouble maker and very helpful in nature. Presently I'm in London - UK working with a private construction company and I will be here for long that is why am renting out my apartment. The apartment is located at:
52 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012-5733, United States
The apartment is a modern & spacious one bedroom and one full bathroom furnished apartment and is strategically located in a very cool and lovely environment with five (5) appliances including dishwasher with in-suite laundry and plenty of storage space andparking space, professional and mature neighbors ensure peaceful living arrangements. Freshly painted and immaculately clean.
The rent is $1000 monthly including utilities and $500 damage deposit. I will like you to drive by to the building at your convenient time to view the exterior of the apartment for you to know where the apartment is located and get back to me so that I can forward you the full interior pictures to you to have an idea how beautiful and spacious the inside looks.
Waiting to hear from you soon,
Regards
Daniel
This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union with a promise that he will send the keys through a courier company.
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 payment to 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.
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 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.
Thanks for your swift response. I can see that you are really interested in renting my apartment. The upfront payment is $1,500 for first month rent and damage deposit and I have the keys and the apartment documents here with me which I will be shipping it to you through DHL courier service after processing your application form. Attached is the application form. I will like you to fill the form and email it back to me asap for processing.
Payment will be through wire transfer (Western Union Money Transfer) and the keys will be shipped to immediately payment as been confirmed.
Once i received the filled copy of the rental application form, I will make an arrangement on how to get the apartment keys and documents shipped to you through DHL courier service without any further delay.
I await your swift response.
Regards
Daniel
