Rental Scammer - [email protected]

"Alan Ross" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hola,

Agradezco que se haya tomado el tiempo de mirar mi piso. Mi nombre es Alan Ross, tengo 49 años y soy el propietario. Lamento no haberle respondido antes, pero en este momento estoy en Italy , y he estado muy ocupado en el trabajo. El precio del alquiler mensual es de U$S 400 (el precioincluye los costos de los servicios públicos). Ahora mismo me estoy quedando en casa de mis padres y dejé mi trabajo porque conseguí un contrato de 8 años en Italy , así que decidí alquilarlo. El piso está en perfectas condiciones, en lo absoluto requiere de ningún tipo de reparación adicional.
Así que si está interesado en el alquiler mi piso, por favor envíeme un correo electrónico para más detalles.

PS: me puedo comunicar con usted en inglés? Mi español no es muy bueno.

Gracias,
Alan Ross

From: Alan Ross <[email protected]>


Hello again,

You seem to be a very nice person and I can assure you that we will not have any problems .

Firstly, I have to inform you that the price you will pay for the first month's rent will be US$400 ( money for the first month you move in my apartment ) and I ask also for a security deposit of US$400. So in total you have to pay $US 800,00 to be able to move into my apartment without any additional charges to pay. The money for the next months rent amounts ($US 400 ) I would like to receive monthly from you directly into my bank account, so I hope it will not be a problem for you to wire the money.

I'm willing to send you the keys so you can visit and check the apartment . The delivery of keys and the rental contract (signed by me), will be made by Airbnb. They will also help us to make a third party transaction so you can therefore feel safe about this agreement.

To begin the transaction with Airbnb you need to send me the following details:

Full name:
Address:
City:
Post Code:
Country:
Mobile phone number:
ID Card copy or Passport copy
Copy of your gas or electricity bill
Date of Birth:
Date you want to move into the apartment:
Length of rental period you require:

Now let me explain to you how the transaction works:

After I receive all these details, I can go to the Airbnb office and start the transaction. When they have the keys and the real estate company in place, they will send you a delivery notification, in which they tell you that they have the keys and all the documents.

When you receive the delivery notification from Airbnb, you will have to go your bank office and make a bank transfer to the Airbnb agent in the Italy, assigned to this transaction for the amount we agreed ( 800,00 US$ ). If you don't have time to go to your bank office you can make the payment online . I'm just letting you know that your payment must be confirmed within 24 hours or earlier after the transaction is started.

After you make the deposit, you will have to send Airbnb the payment confirmation from the bank money transfer, so they know that you have already made the deposit. Airbnb will verify the payment and if everything is in order, they will deliver the keys and the rental contract to youwithin 48 Hours. Airbnb will send to you an agent to your home, and that person will come with you to visit the apartment to see that all is in order. If you are satisfied with the flat, you will then sign the rental contract. However, if you are not pleased with the apartment for any reason, the agent will refund your money immediately, and I will get my keys and documents back ( I will write this condition into the rental contract, to ensure that you will get your money back ).

Also, in case you have another apartment right now, and you can't move immediately, we can make the agreement as explained here, and consider it only an inspection and reservation until you are able to move there.

I will pay for the services of the agency, so there will be no costs for you.

I await for your early response, because there are others interested in the apartment, and I need to know if I can count on an agreement with you.

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.