Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Quirked Eyebrow Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:27 am
From: George Mcdowell [email protected]
Sent: January 23, 2011

Thanks for showing interest in my place.. Let me start by saying a little about me, I am a mechanic and deals with repair and rebuild of vehicles, self employed and the owner of my own company. I have just opened a new outlet here in London,UK and moved so i am looking to rent this unit out for a long term purpose. Located at: 1200 Alberni Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 1A6

Available for immediate move in. Modern 2 bedroom & 2 bathroom with five (5) appliances including dish washer with in-suite laundry room and plenty of storage space and parking space . Professional and mature neighbors ensure peaceful living arrangements. Freshly painted and immaculately clean.

The rent is $900 per month including utilities and $500 for damages deposit....I will like you to drive by to the building today to view the exterior of the building 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 and we can proceed to the next step which is the application process...

Thanks for taking your time in writing me and hope to hear back from you.


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by PinkSocks Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:04 am
Oh you mean like this?






Thanks for showing interest in my place.. Let me start by saying a little about me, I am a mechanic and deals with repair and rebuild of vehicles, self employed and the owner of my own company. I have just opened a new outlet here in Manila , Philippines and moved so i am looking to rent this unit out for a long or short term purpose. Located at: 1200 Alberni Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 1A6


The apartment is a modern 2 bedroom and 2 bathroom 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 and parking space, professional and mature neighbors ensure peaceful living arrangements. Freshly painted and immaculately clean.


The rent per month is $900 monthly including utilities and $450 for damage deposit. I will like you to drive by to the building at your convenience to view the exterior of the building 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


....Of course I replied to string them along a bit, glad to see they dropped the price 50 dollars for me. Must be a special for new years. :twisted:
by Bubbles Sun Jan 01, 2012 2:07 am
Welcome to ScamWarners PinkSocks. It is great that you realized you were dealing with a scammer.

I hope you have stopped communication with the scammer. We strongly discourage staying in contact with a scammer once you realize it is a scammer. This is your safety because the scammer has your real life information.

Please do post up the email address the scammer used. Thank you.

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