by Con Warner
Fri Dec 24, 2010 1:44 pm
From: Damien Michel < [email protected] >
Date: 2010/12/24
Subject: Re: Appartement Paris
To: Con Warner
Hello,
How are you doing?, I have received your rental application form, and I have accepted to rent you my apartment, so I will want you to make arrangement towards sending to me your security deposit and a month rent payment. you will be sending the total cost of EUR1400 to me through western union money transfer, you can use the money transfer agency around you, or you can use western union online, once i receive the transfer, i will ask my wife to send you the keys and documents through DHL courier service, and you will receive it after 2 working days.
Below are the details of transfer.
Mr.Damien Michel
Destination: Hampstead West, 224 Iverson Road, London NW6 2HL, UK
Test question: Who made you
Answer; God
Once you make the transfer, I will like you to get back to me immediately with the in formation, so I can ask my wife to send you the keys and documents as soon as possible.
Thanks and have a nice time.
Michel
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.
