Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Michelle Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:05 am
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:22:24 +0800
Subject: Re: Reply to your ad: Great value - affordable rent
From: [email protected]
To: Michelle Banks

My husband and i owners the apartment.It was due to my husband transfer that makes us to leave the apartment and also want to give it out for rent a looking for a responsible person that can take very good care of it as we are not after the money for the rent but want it to be clean at the time and the person that will rent it to take it as if it were its own.So for now,Am here in the state,Maryland our new house and also with the keys of the apartment,we try to look for an agent that we can give this document before we left but could not see and we re as well as don't want our house to be used any how in our present that is why we took it along to us here and as you know that,my husband over in the China for a mission of God,so i hope you will promise us to take very good care of the apartment.So get back to me on how you could take care of our apartment.Hope you are okay with the price with heat laundry facilities,air condition, internet and so on.i look forward to hearing from you ASAP so that i can forward you rent application to fill out and discuss on how to get the house for rent,also are you ready to rent it now or when ?


MORE DETAILS:-
FURNISHED
SHORT/LONG TERM RENT
SPACIOUS AND LIGHT
KITCHEN BREAKFAST ROOM
POPULAR AREA
BEDROOM
GOOD TRANSPORT LINKS
PARKING SPACE

Reception room 14'5 x 10'5 (4.39m x 3.18m)
Bedroom 14'5 x 10'2 (4.39m x 3.1m)
Kitchen 5'0 x 3'5 (1.52m x 1.04m)
Bathroom 9'1 x 6'8 (2.77m x 2.03m)

Notices:- You will not be able to view the apartment that why am sending you the pictures of the apartment for you to view and see how the place look like.

Await your reply.

Thanks and God Bless
Mrs. Moore


The thief will tell you that you can rent his accommodation only if you can prove that you have genuine interest. He will ask you send money by wire transfer (normally Western Union) to yourself or a member of the family to show that you have sufficient finances and that you are not a "time waster".

Another variation of this scam is that you need to send (by Western Union) money in order that the keys and other documents can be couriered to you

He will ask you to send him the transfer details.

Make no mistake ! Western Union Transfers can be picked up virtually anywhere in the world and with the minimum of identification. They are almost impossible to trace once the money has been collected. You will never get to see the accommodation or your money 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 Gumtree or similar listing sites. If you receive any requests from 'Landlords' asking for some kind of payment by Western Union 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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