Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: sure sone <[email protected]>

Thanks for the interest you have in my flat. My flat is available for
rent and you can stay in my flat as long as you pay your
rent at when due.
Here are the necessary things you need to know about the rent and
deposit. Rent per calendar month is £400 { includes all bills : water,
gas, council tax, TV license and wireless Internet} also Security
deposit of £600 And it is Refundable after four weeks
in the flat}.

However, At this stage that you want to rent my flat, i need to know
some few question about you. Can you keep my flat clean and tidy? Do
you have references in Exeter do you have a landline number in which
i can reach you? i will appreciate if you can get back to mewith all
this information.

Kindly reply for further information and i will like to know where you
are coming from to stay in my flat

Regards
Mr/Mrs Doyle

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.

sure sone <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks for your fast response and i want you to know that
Inviting people to come and viewing my apartment without any form of
confirmation of their financial ability and not keeping up to time as
at when scheduled, has brought about great loss to me. I have drive
all the way from a distance to take some interested candidates round
my flat because am a live out landlord. Some outside tenants do not
have the money to pay the rent and yet they disturb the landlord to
arrange a viewing and not keeping up to time.
To avoid disappointment due to the mass interest on this flat. Can you
put down a security deposit 600 now to secure the flat ? There after I
will ignore other interested candidate and send you an invoice
receipt.

As soon as you get the deposit sorted now. Your funds will be
protected and monitor by the www.depositprotection.com
Then you will have to come along with a passport photograph or any
form of identification during the viewing tomorrow at 2pm If possible

Regards

This Scammer will arrange to send you an Invoice -- Make no mistake, the Invoice will be fake !
If you are reading this because you have received such an invoice, kindly forward it to the address in my signature line and I will report the details to the appropriate authorities.