by Warning
Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:50 am
Typical scam; Great looking property at 25 Armenian Street, Singapore, well below market rate, absent owner offering to fly in from overseas with the keys after a security deposit has been transferred via Western Union (untraceable). He provided a phone number that appeared to be from the UK but is actually one easily available over the internet from anywhere in the world. To top it off I visited the location personally to find it was the car park of the Bible Society!!
The first email was very detailed with lots of good looking photos but the following subsequent email triggered my alarm bells;
Thanks for the quick response.That sound good to hear that you're interested in my apartment and i bet you will enjoy your stay in my apartment because its a very nice and neat apartment and also situated in a good environment plus a good neighborhood, I would be flying to Singapore to hand over the keys to you in person as soon as the agreement has been reached and the deposit payment is confirmed, I will want to have you as a God fairing tenante as i will not be around to check on you, and i belive you are the best tenante out of all the responce i recieved since you are a capable handyman, I hope you are enjoying your stay in Singapore, My greeting to your wife (name removed).
The next step to proceed to is the mode of registration to prepare the contract document for you and i have already draft it below for you, Do go through it carefully below:
MODE OF REGISTRATION
* Tenants will supply his/her details which i'll forward to my lawyer to prepare the contract documents.
* Tenants will email a confirmation message to me to confirm that he/she received the contract documents.
* Tenants will print out the Contract Documents and then Sign it.
* Tenants will pay the deposit payment via Regular Money Transfer(western union money transfer) to my Lawyer and the receipt will be attached to the contract documents and scan back to me for confirmation and proper documentations.
Please read through the email carefully and if you agree with the terms of the email, I want you to provide me with the following details so I can prepare the contract documents. Please provide me with below:
* Name in Full:
* Address:
* Nationality:
* Date of move in and out:
* Phone number:
* Sex:
Best Regards,
Jerry.
The first email was very detailed with lots of good looking photos but the following subsequent email triggered my alarm bells;
Thanks for the quick response.That sound good to hear that you're interested in my apartment and i bet you will enjoy your stay in my apartment because its a very nice and neat apartment and also situated in a good environment plus a good neighborhood, I would be flying to Singapore to hand over the keys to you in person as soon as the agreement has been reached and the deposit payment is confirmed, I will want to have you as a God fairing tenante as i will not be around to check on you, and i belive you are the best tenante out of all the responce i recieved since you are a capable handyman, I hope you are enjoying your stay in Singapore, My greeting to your wife (name removed).
The next step to proceed to is the mode of registration to prepare the contract document for you and i have already draft it below for you, Do go through it carefully below:
MODE OF REGISTRATION
* Tenants will supply his/her details which i'll forward to my lawyer to prepare the contract documents.
* Tenants will email a confirmation message to me to confirm that he/she received the contract documents.
* Tenants will print out the Contract Documents and then Sign it.
* Tenants will pay the deposit payment via Regular Money Transfer(western union money transfer) to my Lawyer and the receipt will be attached to the contract documents and scan back to me for confirmation and proper documentations.
Please read through the email carefully and if you agree with the terms of the email, I want you to provide me with the following details so I can prepare the contract documents. Please provide me with below:
* Name in Full:
* Address:
* Nationality:
* Date of move in and out:
* Phone number:
* Sex:
Best Regards,
Jerry.