Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: Rosalie Barrett <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 23:59:19
To: Michelle Banks
Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: Spacious /1/ B/R Apartment Within a Short
Walking Distance To City Centre with transport links All B

Thanks for the interest you have in my flat. My flat is still available for rent and you can rent my flat as long as you pay your rent at when due. Here are the necessary things you need to know about the rent and deposit.

Rent : £ 70.00 pw
Security Deposit: £ 500.00 (Returnable at the end of a month stay in my flat)
Utility bills inclusive ( water, gas, council tax, TV license and wireless Internet) Utility Cost : £ 0.00 pcm

However, my flat is fully furnished in and out. At this stage that you want to rent my flat, i need to know few question about you. Can you take care of my flat as it is? How many months do you intend to rent and pay for? Do you have references in Newcastle?


Kindly reply for further information and i would like to know where you are coming from to stay in my flat.


Regards
Rosalie Barrett

This person asks 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 either to him, your friend or a family member.

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.

From: [email protected]
To: Michelle Banks
Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: Spacious 1 B/R Apartment For Rent with good access to the City Centre.
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:16:14 +0000

Dear Michelle,
Thanks for the reply and the sincere interest you have in my flat. My flat is fully furnished and it a self contain flat that comprises living room, bedroom, toilet, bathroom there is a garage and a off street parking in my flat. However, it is unfortunate that my past bitter experience of inviting people to come and view my flat without any form of confirmation of their financial ability and not keeping up to time as at when scheduled, has brought about great loss to me. I have traveled all the way from Ireland to take some interested candidates round my flat because that's where i work with (P. Elliott & Company).

Some outside tenants do not have the money to pay the rent and yet they disturb the the landlord to arrange a viewing with their friend or relative who are in Cambridge, also some do not meet up with the appointments which has led to the dismissal of some landlords in office by there employees.

Henceforth my lawyer and i have decided to carry out a simple test on financial ability to pay for my rent before coming for viewing. I would not ask you to send your bank statement. At least 1 Month rent £ 260 and security deposit which is £ 500 which is refundable after 1 Month stay in my flat, would be required from you to transfer through Western union Post
Office. You can make the transfer with your name as a sender name and your partner or friend in UK premises as a receiver.

Once you have done this, scan the receipt to me and if you do not have scanner, you may write out the details on the receipt as i will send it to my lawyer to verify if it's truly
genuine and available in your friend's custody, after verification, then we can proceed for the viewing.

Note that the transfer must be confirmed valid before the receiver picks up the money and also, i will refund back to you the cost of transfer when we meet.

I look forward to reading from you soon.

Regards
Rosalie Barrett
+447024014830

Change of telephone number:-

[email protected]

Once you have done this, scan the receipt to me and if you do not have scanner, you may write out the details on the receipt as i will send it to my lawyer to verify if it's truly genuine and available in your friend's custody, after verification, then we can proceed for the viewing.

Note that the transfer must be confirmed valid before the receiver picks up the money and also, i will refund back to you the cost of transfer when we meet.

I look forward to reading from you soon.

Regards
Rosalie Barrett
+447031871731