Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Siren Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:30 pm
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 13:11:59 +0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: *** Apartment for Rent in Brisbane***
To: [email protected]

Hello,
Your ad on share accommodation interests me that you need an accommodation for rent , I have two spare rooms in my 3 bedroom apartment which is available for rent immediately.

Furnished sky home on the 9th floor of 391/30 Macrosan Street Brisbane QLD 4000

3BR - 2 bathrooms unit with large terrace and expansive city and river views in Skyline Apartments.
The property is nicely presented with modern furnishings, and stylish city prints.
Kitchen is equipped with stone bench tops, stainless steel 4 burner gas cook top, dishwasher, microwave, fridge/freezer.
The spacious lounge comes with two leather sofas, flat screen TV, dining room table for six persons, plus outdoor dining table for six guests.
The master bedroom has a generous en-suite with double basins, separate toilet, double size shower and access to a second rear balcony.
The second bedroom comes with double bed and a bathroom with shower above bath, while the third bedroom is used by me. Ducted-air and separate laundry with washing machine and dryer.
There are two separate car park spaces plus a designated storage area, secure building and lift access.
Skylines Apartment is an elegant complex along the well renowned Riverside precinct. It is the only building in the CBD with full size tennis court, pool, spa, gym, steam room and barbecue area.

Rent is reasonable at only 500$per month including Utility bills(Internet,electricity etc) and 500$ refundable bond deposit for the apartment. Let me know if you are interested so that i can book your reservation asap.

Kindly get back to me as i have people mailing and calling regarding my apartment.

Cheers!

Antonella

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I have come across scammers before and so was careful with my response


From: ***********
Subject: RE: *** Apartment for Rent in Brisbane***
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, 2 February, 2011, 6:48 AM

Hi,

I'd like to arrange to see the apartment in person.

Thanks,

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Looks like I was right to be suspicious

Anthonella Balletta

To ******

Thanks for your keen interest in my apartment.My name is Balletta Antonella,Am an Italian but,live in Brisbane Australia for years.I am cool,easy going and Clean.I am 27 years not married, am a Business lady/event manager.

I supply Local/international fabrics and Handcrafts exclusively to stores in Australia and other Countries.

I am not in Brisbane,Australia at the moment because,I lost my father and as the head of the family i have to go back home to make necessary Funeral arrangements and also plans for the management of the family business which will take me few weeks before i get back to Brisbane.

So for now,am in London,UK for an auditioning which will be lasting 4 weeks before my arrival back to the AU and the keys/documents of the house are with me here.I dont want my apartment to be used anyhow in my absence that's why I took them along with me here because,i lost so many things the last time i dropped my keys for anyone that wants to view my apartment for rent and am not ready to loose anything again.

I hope you will take very good care of the apartment as I am not around. I will consider you to share my apartment with a friend if you cant afford it and also have a pet in the apartment if they are trained and clean.If you are comfortable with the price (500 monthly with security deposit of 500) and willing to proceed,You can kindly get back to me so we can make an arrangement on how to get the keys across to you for your viewable interest and move in as well.
more so there enough car space even if its a truck.

However you can still move in while am still away, because i deposited the Spare Keys of the apartment with the DHL Office over there so if you really want to move in I will send you the Reference Number (code number) that you will present at the DHL Office so as to get the spare keys that I deposited with them or better still I can send the Keys, directly to your present address.

Kindly add me to your messenger list for a chat on ([email protected]).

Hoping to read from you ASAP.

Best regards mate.

Anthonella

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So many in-discrepancies. Firstky the "reason" they are in london... they gave two very different ones. Also "she" states that the keys are in London but soon after says they are in Brisbane with a company being held.

Also to those not used to scammers note, if someone is going to be your housemate it is normal to want to meet them. If someone is offering you a room and doesn't bother wanting to meet you, something ain't right!

Hope his helps anyone else from getting scammed
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by Siren Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:08 am
So I replied to this scammer saying "sorry but I will not move in with someone I have not met nor will I send money to a stranger without even having seen the apartment" They did not reply to this email, however, I just found a new email in my inbox... very interesting.


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Hello,
Your ad on share accommodation interests me that you need an accommodation for rent , I have two spare rooms in my 3 bedroom apartment which is available for rent immediately.

Furnished sky home on the 9th floor of 391/30 Macrosan Street Brisbane QLD 4000

3BR - 2 bathrooms unit with large terrace and expansive city and river views in Skyline Apartments.
The property is nicely presented with modern furnishings, and stylish city prints.
Kitchen is equipped with stone bench tops, stainless steel 4 burner gas cook top, dishwasher, microwave, fridge/freezer.
The spacious lounge comes with two leather sofas, flat screen TV, dining room table for six persons, plus outdoor dining table for six guests.
The master bedroom has a generous en-suite with double basins, separate toilet, double size shower and access to a second rear balcony.
The second bedroom comes with double bed and a bathroom with shower above bath, while the third bedroom is used by me. Ducted-air and separate laundry with washing machine and dryer.
There are two separate car park spaces plus a designated storage area, secure building and lift access.
Skylines Apartment is an elegant complex along the well renowned Riverside precinct. It is the only building in the CBD with full size tennis court, pool, spa, gym, steam room and barbecue area.

Rent is reasonable at only 500$per month including Utility bills(Internet,electricity etc) and 500$ refundable bond deposit for the apartment. Let me know if you are interested so that i can book your reservation asap.

Kindly get back to me as i have people mailing and calling regarding my apartment.

Cheers!

Antonella

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The exact same as the first one as a new email conversation... my word these people are stupid. Also had two more emails from randoms today which I am sure are scammers, will post shortly
by Ljohnson Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:37 am
Thanks for your keen interest in my apartment.Myname is Jessica lincon,Am an Italian but,live in Brisbane Australia for years.I am cool,easy going and Clean.I am 27 years not married, am a Business lady/event manager.

I supply Local/international fabrics and Handcrafts exclusively to stores in Australia and other Countries.

I am not in Brisbane,Australia at the moment because,I lost my father and as the head of the family i have to go back home to make necessary Funeral arrangements and also plans for the management of the family business which will take me few weeks before i get back to Brisbane.

So for now,am in London,UK for an auditioning which will be lasting for a while before my arrival back to the AU and the keys/documents of the house are with me here.I dont want my apartment to be used anyhow in my absence that's why I took them along with me here because,i lost so many things the last time i dropped my keys for anyone that wants to view my apartment for rent and am not ready to loose anything again.

I hope you will take very good care of the apartment as I am not around. I will consider you to share my apartment with a friend if you cant afford it and also have a pet in the apartment if they are trained and clean.If you are comfortable with the price (600 monthly per room with security deposit of 600)and ready to pay upfront, if you are willing to proceed,the third room is the living room and we will both be making use of it ,You can kindly get back to me so we can make an arrangement on how to get the keys across to you for your viewable interest and move in as well and prepare necessary documents ,more so there enough car space even if its a truck.

However you can still move in while am still away, because i deposited the Spare Keys of the apartment with the DHL Office over there so if you really want to move in I will send you the Reference Number (code number) that you will present at the DHL Office so as to get the spare keys that I deposited with them or better still I can send the Keys, directly to your present address.

Kindly add me to your messenger list for a chat on ([email protected])or get back to me on my international line in the UK on +447024076271

Hoping to read from you ASAP.

Best regards mate.

jessy
by Katharina Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:03 am
Welcome Ljohnson,
thank you for posting this warning.
The language in that email is African English, the phone number used is one of those notorious re-direct numbers (*44-70.....) which pass on calls to the scammer's mobile phone anywhere in the world.
by AlanJones Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:56 am
Just bumping, to say the original scammer is still at it using the email address Anthonella Balletta [email protected], with the following photos:

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Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.

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