by Con Warner
Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:44 am
From: Mrs Bevis Calister - [email protected]
To: Con Warner
Subject: Reply to your ad: An impressive new development: 1 bedroom for rent- 100pw
Hello,
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 : £ 100.00 pw
Security Deposit: £ 400.00 (returnable at the end of a month stay in my flat)
Utility bills inclusive ( water, gas, council tax, TV license, wireless Internet) Utility Cost : £ 0.00 pcm
However, my flat is fully furnished in and out with all necessary house use. At this stage that you want to rent my flat, i need to know some few question about you. Can you take care of my flat as it is? How many months / weeks do you intend to rent my flat for? Do you have references in Cambridge?
Kindly reply for further information and i would like to know which city/country you are coming from to stay in my flat.
Regards
Mrs Bevis
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 (see below).
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.
Hello,
Thanks for your response. I can make reservation for you.
However owing to my past unpleasant experience of inviting intending tenant to view my flat without confirming if they are actually able to pay their rent at the right time has caused me a great discomfort and as such do not want to experience it anymore, because i have to travel all the way to take interested candidate round my flat. I do hope you understand my point of view.
In view of the previous occurrences, I do not want to collect any money from you as i have not taken you round my flat and signed your contract with my solicitor, but my solicitor strongly advised me to confirm that an intending tenant can pay his or her rent as at when due, so before we can proceed for the viewing, I will like to confirm if you can afford my rent. All you need to do now is to make a transfer of 1 Month rent plus security deposit of £400 to your friend or partner within the UK through Western Union Money Transfer, The reason for using western union money transfer is that it is faster and my solicitor can easily confirm the transfer almost immediately she receives the scan copy of the transfer receipt or the details of the transfer.
Once you are done with the transfer, get back to me with the scanned copy of the transfer receipt and if you do not have access to a scanner you can as-wel write out the details on the transfer receipt as i forward it to my solicitor to confirm if the transfer is valid and available for pick-up by your friend or partner.Once my solicitor confirms the transaction valid, i will then ask you to tell your friend to go and pick up the money for you, then we can immediately schedule a convenient time for the viewing. I shall refund the cost of transfer to you when we meet for the viewing. After the viewing, if you like my flat, you can proceed to signing the contract and then pay your rent and security deposit to me directly.
I look forward to reading from you soon.
kind Regards
Mrs Bevis
