Rental Scammer - [email protected]

Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 16:02:13 +0200
Subject: PROFILE ACCEPTED.
From: [email protected]
To: Michelle Banks

Hello Michelle

Thank you very much for your reply l can see your willingness in this apartment I want you to know that i am satisfied with your profile and l also believe l can have trust in you.l showed your profile to my wife and Son they said they are ok with it.l want you to know that l can let you stay in my apartment till the period of time you wish to.
I want you to know that the rent fee is among the utilities so you can use them anytime but make sure you take proper care of my properties.We will come and pay you a visit after you have moved into our home to see how you are maintaining it,You will be paying to the rent fee via Western Union because l think it reliable,secured and fast,l wish you best of luck in your work, from your profile l can see that you are responsible and a hard working person may the almighty Lord lead you in what ever you wish to do.

Amenities
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# 1Bedroom
# 1Bathroom
# Extra Toilet
# Extra Guest Room
# Sofa Bed
# Bed Linen
Accommodation Features
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Wood Floor
Heater
Central Heating
Equiped Kitchen
Tv: Cable/Satellite TV
Video/Stereo
Internet
Air Conditioning
Full Kitchen
Refrigerator
Garage/Car park
pets allowed

Kitchen Features
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Washing machine
Juice Machine
Iron
Toaster
Oven
Dishwasher
Coffee Maker
Microwave
Refrigerator
Stove
As soon as the 1st month deposit payment has been confirmed by me i will go ahead and commence on how the apartment keys/Documents will be delivered to you via a courier service on next day delivery and it will be delivered to the address you provided. Let me hear back from you as soon as possible so that l can go arrange for the delivery of the keys/Documents.Once again l'm giving you this apartment on trust and do not dissapoint me because l dont want my house to be destroyed,no problem if you wish to move in with your own properties.l still have one extra room that is empty so you can easily put my own things that you think you dont need in there.
Here are the contents of the document.
1)Entrance and the rooms Keys
2)Paper/Permanent house form (Containing your reference details)
3)The house documentary file.
4)Payment Receipt.
5) Full address and description of the house.
Let me know if i can forward you the information on where to send the payment to me via Western Union local agent store around you. Once payment is being confirmed i will send you the tracking number on how to pick the keys/document up.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU.
REMAIN BLESSED
CRAWFORD.

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.

Whats odd about this is it's clearly a scam to us . But so many people get caught by this scam out of not being suspicious of everyone . I'm working a collection on a renter's that owe my sister in law $ 13.000 for damage's on her apartments . Back rent stealing washer and dryer other tenant took photo's while she watched the theft . And next ripping pluming out of wall's . Just completely trashed the place . The court awarded her $ 13.000 in damages . Only this for us is these con's are local . And made one big mistake when I got involved a friend who is a police officer ran the info and I'll be he and his wife used fake social security numbers I handed the case over to my buddy to hand personally to our local prosecutor . He called and is going to have our little crook's arrested for fraud . And our couple has quite a history with the police and court system . And he told me this crime could have a nice little 5 year prison sentence .