Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Michelle Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:17 am
From: Rosana Buang <[email protected]>

Thank you very much for your reply and also I can see your willingness in our apartment..contract/ agreement attached below.my phone has been stolen,i have attached my IC below, my husband IC comes with the documents because he's not allowed to send such over the email .



The keys/document of the apartment will be sent to you via courier to the address below, pls confirm if the address is correct.

The tracking number will be sent to you once the payment as been confirmed. Please once again, we are giving you this on trust and do not disappoint us, and I promise you that you will love the apartment...


Here are the contents of the document.



1)Entrance and the rooms Keys ( full address of the apartmentwith unit number and floor )



2)Paper/Permanent house form(Containing your referencedetails)



3)The house documentary file.



4)Payment Receipt.



5)Full address and description of the house



You are going to send the payment to my Secretary via Western Union. .. Below is the information to send the payment throughWestern Union ..pls make sure that all the information's are correctly spell.


Receiver's First Name :- Nompumelelo Rachel


Receiver's Last Name :- Shangase


Address :- 25 Central Dr,


City :- Camps Bay


State:- Cape Town


Country :- South Africa


Zip-code :- 8040


Text Question :- To Who


Text Answer :- Cousin



As soon as you send the payment from the Western Union , youwould be given some information's You would have to get back tome with following information:

Sender's Name:????
Sender's Address:???
MTCN# 10 Digits number given to you by Western Union.????
Amount to be received in USD:??

Looking forward to read from you the payment details & the payment receipt attached asap. So let me know once you get this e-mail.


Looking forward to read from you. So let me know once you get this e-mail.



Thanks


Mrs R Buang


This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union, MoneyGram 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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