Rental Scammer - [email protected]

I.P. address: 62.162.28.226 - Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic.

From: Mark Williams Realty [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 3:16 PM
To: Con Warner
Subject: RE: $250 / 3br - Luxury 3bedroom at Waterplace (Providence, RI)

Hello

Thank you for your inquiry. The house is available for the dates chosen. I am sure that this is one of the best house you can get around at this reasonable rate. But I cannot guarantee the hold of the house until you book for it.

You are required to pay 50% of the total house fee and a Refundable security fee of $300 to enable me hold the house for you, as there is rush for the house at this time.The house is $250 per night. Check the below quotes for the cost of night you intend to stay in the house.


2 NIGHTS = $500

50% DEPOSIT = $250

SECURITY FEE = $300


All you have to do to hold the house is to pay a 50% of the total house fee, plus the Refundable Security Fee which will be given back to you on the day you departing from the house, Once you have made the payment I will issue you a receipt confirming your payments.

Age is not necessary as the house is a very good environment. There are also door men and cleaners who would come at intervals under your request to clean and attend to your needs.This does not attract any extra charges. You get to notify me of the exact time you will be arriving to make arrangement to pick you up. There is no extra charges for this also. I will render this service for free.

I will send you our booking form and agreement as soon I have you reply to know you are interested in the house. Let me know if you are ready to book the house so i can send you the agreement and booking form.
Mark

From: Mark Williams Realty [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:02 AM
To: Con Warner
Subject: RE: $250 / 3br - Luxury 3bedroom at Waterplace (Providence, RI)

Hello,
Thank you for your reply. The rental unit available is 3 Bedroom. Preferred payment method for the upfront deposit is via Western Union or Money Gram. Please do reply and let me know if you agree with the payment terms before i send to you the paperwork. Thank you and hope to hear back from you.

Regards,
Mark

This person asks for payment to secure your booking.
This is in the form of a Western Union or MoneyGram payment either to him or an agent

Sounds safe. It's not!

At other times, this person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union or Moneygram with the promise that they will send the keys through a courier company.

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.

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.

Thank you for your reply and here is the property address: 100 Exchange Street Providence RI 02903. I will call your phone now and here is my number 516-439-2804. Thank you and i wait your reply to know if you still want to reserve the apartment for me to be able to send to you the rental agreement form. Thank you

Mark

I signed up for this site just to confirm this exact scam. Tried to book a rental in the keys but the credit card machine was "broken" (along with his english) and they would only accept money order. Googled the phone number and found this post. Beware!

Update on this person --

Put a CL ad out to look for an apartment in SF Bay Area.

Received this email a few days later:

Hello,

Do you still need an Apartment/House for rent? If YES, Answer below Questions

1. Location you need the rent
2.How many people would be staying along with you?
3. Age range of occupant

I will be happy to get you a better home. Thank you
Regards,
Mark Rentals

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Thinking it was a real realtor/owner, I sent some info - budget, move in date, etc. I expected he'd forward me a link to his website, some properties, but nothing. For a week.

Today, I get an email from him as follows:

Thank you for your reply, We need your private email for further communication. Please send your personal email and phone number to [email protected]

Thanks

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1. Why does one "need your private email" to further communicate? I understand it's a CL anonymous address (thank goodness) but why can't I continue using it? It's coming directly to my inbox....

2. Why is the email address I initially responded to no longer good enough, and you want me to send my info to some website that doesn't have anything to do with what I'm looking for? (And spells link with 2 "i"s???

Having a couple nigerian missionary scams that I've already dealt with, I did a quick search and found this scam thread....posting whois info and the full header from his email here (minus my info):

That's the extent of my tech savvy skills....hope someone else can send him something to crash his computer


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From: "Mark Williams Realty" <[email protected]>
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Subject: RE: House Rent
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:33:03 -0700
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