Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Michelle Sun Feb 11, 2018 4:36 am
From: Jensen Property <[email protected]>

Hello,

I appreciate your response with your interest in renting from me. The house is still available with rent of $900, security deposit of $900,pet deposit $85.The house is a 4bedroom, 3bathroom with lots of appliance for your use. Its a lovely home & you'll enjoy living there with your family.I am DAWN and my husband name is MILES I survived a fatal car accident some couple of months ago resulting to fracture on my legs, am on a wheel chair as of now. My husband currently works in Texas now as a technician, so am now with my parent here in Texas for more care & treatment and so i can be close to my husband. He instructed me to find a good tenant to take-care of our home since i will be moving in with him later because his contract got extended.

Here is the Address:930 Garden St, Hoboken, NJ 07030 Kindly tell me how you could take care of our house or perhaps the experience you have in renting house. Also a little about yourself if you're going to be our new tenant which is part of the reason why am not going through any realty company anymore due to there act of greed. I will be looking forward to hear back from you if you're still interested in our house, I will want you to fill out the Rental application below and discuss on how to get the house for rent. More-so are you ready to rent it now or when?


SO IF YOU ARE REALLY INTERESTED I WILL WANT YOU TO FILL THE RENT APPLICATIONS FORM BELOW

RENT APPLICATION FORM

PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF

FIRST NAME:__________?
MIDDLE NAME:__________?
LAST NAME:__________?
PROFESSION:__________?
PHONE:
(CELL)PHONE__________?
(WORK)PHONE__________?
BEST TIME TO CALL __________?
(HOME)PHONE__________?
KIDS_____ (YES/NO), HOW MANY________
PRESENT ADDRESS: _____________________
CITY: _______________
STATE:______________
ZIP CODE: ____________
OWN OR RENT:____________?
MONTHLY PAYMENT OR RENT:____________?
CURRENT EMPLOYER AND PHONE:____________?
WHY ARE YOU LEAVING__________?
IF THIS HOUSE IS BEING GIVEN TO YOU,HOW LONG DO YOU INTEND STAYING ____________?
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE LIVING IN THE HOUSE:____________?
DO YOU HAVE A CAR:____________?
WHEN DO YOU INTEND MOVING IN?______________?
HOW SOON CAN YOU MAKE THE DEPOSIT PAYMENT____________?
HOW SOON DO YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THE KEYS:____________?
DO YOU AGREE TO MAKE THE PAYMENT BEFORE GETTING THE KEYS : ____________?
WHEN AND WHERE DO YOU WISH TO RECEIVE THE KEYS AND DOCUMENTS OF THE HOUSE: ____________?
IF YOU HAVE A PET,
NAME OF PET: _____________?
KIND OF PETS: _____________?
HABITS
DO YOU SMOKE ______________ ?
DO YOU DRINK ______________?
DO YOU WORK LATE NIGHT?____?

COPY OF YOUR ID(IF ANY):could be attached with the application

NB: YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WALK-THROUGH THE INTERIOR PART OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE I HAVE THE KEYS HERE WITH ME BUT I CAN SEND YOU PICTURES.
Kindly write back on how you will take care of the house or perhaps experience you have in renting homes, Please have this in mind that you are dealing and talking to a very nice, good and professional family who have been looking for a decent, reliable and GOD fearing family or household that would be taken care of our property so much like any other of their homes have been taken care off, If you find any of our question inconvenience please don't be offended but answer it because we want and like to know the kind of family that will be living in our house from day one so nothing from them will be strange to us again. ANY TYPE OF PETS ARE WELCOME BUT WITH SOME RESTRICTION, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF PET.
I look forward to hear from you soonest at your convenient with the questionnaire above fill out so we can discuss on how to get my house for lease ASAP.

MILES P & DAWN N SINKO-HICKMAN
You Can Reach Me At # 682) 207-2296


From: Jensen Property <[email protected]>

My family and I have gone through your application you've provided to us and we found it's satisfactory to our specification, so we will say at this point “Congratulations" you are now approved as our tenant and we want you to always pay your Monthly rental fee on time to avoid any form of embarrassment.. We have decided to let you stay as long as you can, but I will prefer to sign a year lease on a revolving contract, if you really impress us by taking good care of the property like yours we will extend the contract with you.
Meanwhile I'll be visiting you once in every three or four months, to see how you are taking care of the property and if anything need to be repair always update me I'll be responsible for the charges by wiring the money for repairs but if you make damages to the property you will be responsible for the repair cost, in a case of minor repairs or damages I'll want you to just inform me first, then I will definitely ask you to fix it back and deduct it from the next month rent fee!
Also you can move out any time but will like you to inform me a month prior to quitting the rent.
We're very excited and willing to let you move into our house as soon as you possible, I've discuss and conclude with my wife on accepting payment for the rent along with a security deposit as well as the rental application fee total sum of $2485(pet deposit included) or for two months rent deposit plus security deposit $3885 to move in as soon as you are ready, kindly let me know the best you can afford to move in because I don't mind if you can raise three or four months rent deposit but whatever you decide I'm good with it.

The refundable damage security deposit and rent fees will paid to me through a wire transfer so as to secure our home for you and take it off market which automatically makes no one contact us for the same house you are renting and get the package containing the entrance and the rooms Keys, Paper/Permanent House form (Containing your reference details), the duplicate of the House documented file, Full address and description of the house and Your payment receipt shipped out to your mailing address via UPS / FedEx courier shipping company Or where exactly do you really want the parcel sent to? I will like you you to re-confirm the address to me again to avoid me not to ship out the package to wrong address.
I'll get back to you with the tracking numbers given to me from the courier company immediately after I get the package shipped out in order to let you know the date and exact time that the parcel will arrive at you door step, I await to hear back from you ASAP or you can reach me on # (682) 207-2296 as soon as you read this message, to enable me forward you information to wire the payment me.


I would also like you to answer the questions below:

When can you have a deposit to hold the house?
Are you looking into a long term or short term Lease?
How much are you willing to pay as a deposit now to hold the house ?
Do you know the keys will be sent to you as soon as the first deposit is made?
Where do you want the parcel sent to?

As soon as the security deposit is been confirmed by me, l'll go ahead and commence on how the House Keys / Documents will be delivered to you and i will ensure that i book for the Overnight FedEx delivery service as to enable you receive it on time and as scheduled. Let me hear back from you as soon as possible so that i can arrange for the delivery. Get back to me via email or call or text me on (682) 207-2296 if you will need me to send you the information which you will use to make the deposit payment through money transfer to me in

Best wishes,
Thanks and Remain Blessed.


This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union, MoneyGram, pre-paid credit card or bank transfer with a promise that you can have the keys to a property that does not belong to him.

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 or MoneyGram payment to a lawyer,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.

All the details such as names, addresses, pictures etc. that the scammer uses in order to back up his story, are stolen from elsewhere.

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 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.
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