Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Michelle Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:16 am
From: Daniel Lucho <[email protected]>
Subject: Apartment Details
To: Michelle Banks
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 4:43 PM

Hi,
Thank you for the interest in my announced apartment.. Thank you for the interest in my announced apartment. Little about me, my name is actually Daniele CORTI, i am originally a Jewish Italian brought up in Scotland UK and that have lived and worked in different parts of Holland for many years and i am used with the British style, i bought the apartment sometimes early last year while i was working full time in Geneva.

I have to rent out my fully furnished 2 bedroom apartment because its vacant as i start a new work that took me away to Geneva (Switerzland). I am looking for some one to rent the apartment and that will take the apartment like its his/her own as i am away from the apartment and i will only be visiting occasionally just to check up and i will leave immediately(not gonna sleep over night anytime i come for check up and i will only come whenever i am permitted by you as i will not want to inconvinient you) . You can rent the apartment for either a short or a long time as long as you intend to stay as i am away and will be residing at the company residents here in Geneva for some years. I frequently stay in Scotland (Dundee) as i use to have 4 days in Switerzland (Geneva)and the last 3 Days of the week in UK (Scotland) as my family are there in Scotland.


The apartment is 650EUR per Month which also includes all bills and utilities and the Refundable deposit is 1000 EUR .The apartment is fully furnished and well equipped,the rooms are furnished with beds in each room. The apartment is also equipped with TV, CD, fridge, internet, chairs, wardrobe,reading table,Heater,cooker,washing machine,dish washer ETC
..


My Terms and Condition are :

1:I want some one that will take good care of my property like its his/her own..
2:I will only allow pets that are registered and that has references
3:I will not allow late night and every time partying in my apartment
4:I dont allow paints or any much extra decoration in my apartment as its well painted and decorated
5:Little decoration or tools fixing can be allowed based on agreement..

Im sorry if the terms and condition above is any how complicated,just that i need someone to take good care of my property at my absence ..

The apartment is located in a very peaceful,secure and cool environment,its situated at rue monthoux, 42 Geneve Geneva 1201 Switzerland ,it is a 2bedrooms with 1 kitchen,toilet and bathroom in each room and a living room.Let me know if you are still interested in the apartment and if you will like to proceed on the rent.

Saluti.

Mr Daniele Corti (ITALIAN)
Trading Assistance MERCURIA ENERGY
TRADING SA Geneva (Switzerland)
50 Rue du Rhone,1204 Geneve
www.mercuria.com
Yaweh Yireh (God will provide)


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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by anknai Sun Apr 03, 2011 3:10 pm
Thanks Michele.

I got exactly similar type of mails from [email protected] mail id, mentioning his actual name as Daniele CORTI.

We had a long discussion on mail before finally I realized that it is a scam.
by Bubbles Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:45 am
Welcome to ScamWarners anknai and congratulations on realizing that you were dealing with a scammer. If you have emails with any different information in them, please post them. Often people find us by putting part of what the scammer wrote into a search engine.

We are pleased you have joined us!

Bubbles, former Scamwarners moderator.

Rest in Peace 24 June 2015.

Gone, but never forgotten.
by laumann Mon May 09, 2011 1:30 pm
Hi,

I (or rather my girlfriend and I) have been in touch with Mr./Mrs Daniele Corti (suspect a guy, but you never know). Apparently (s)he operates in Denmark as well now, trying to lease an apartment, using the e-mail address:

[email protected]

This is the first (of many) e-mails we received from him/her:

Hello,
Thank you for the interest in my announced apartment. Little about me, actually my name is Daniele Corti, i am originally Italian Citizen. I have to rent out my fully furnished 2 bedroom apartment because its vacant as i am away and i am in Mercuria Energy Company Geneva (Switzerland ).I am looking for some one to rent the apartment and that will take the apartment like its his/her own as i am away from the apartment and i will only be visiting occasionally just to check up and i will leave immediately(not gonna sleep over night anytime i come for check up and i will only come whenever i am permitted) .

You can rent the apartment for a long time as long as you intend to stay as i am away and will be residing at the company residents here in Geneva for some years. I frequently stay in the UK (Scotland) as i use to have 4 days in Switzerland and the last 3 Days of the week in UK .

The whole 2 bedroom apartment is 4500 DKK per Month which also includes all bills and the Refundable deposit is 9,500 DKK. The apartment is fully furnished and well equipped,the rooms are furnished with beds in each room. The apartment is also equipped with TV, CD, fridge, internet, chairs, wardrobe,reading table,Heater,cooker,washing machine,dish washer ETC ....

My Terms and Condition are :

1:I want some one that will take good care of my property like its his/her own..

2:I will only allow pets that are registered and that has references

3:I will not allow late night and every time partying in my apartment

4:I dont allow paints or any much extra decoration in my apartment as its well painted and decorated already

5:Little decoration or tools fixing or photo hanging can be allowed based on agreement..


Im sorry if the terms and condition above is any how complicated, just that i need someone to take good care of my property at my absence ..

The apartment is 96m2 and its located in a very peaceful,secured and cool environment,its situated at Sankt Annae Plads 31,1250 Copenhagen ,it is a 2bedrooms with 1 kitchen,toilet and bathroom in each room and a living room. Let me know if you are still interested in the apartment and if you will like to proceed on the rent.



Regards .

Daniele Corti (Italian)

Trading Assistance MERCURIA ENERGY TRADING
SA Geneva (Switzerland) 50 Rue du Rhone,1204 Geneve
Mobile :+44 70457 24626 .
Yaweh Yireh (God will provide


The "God will provide" part is really weird (the original also lacked the closing parenthesis).

When we were a bit hesitant about renting (was looking too good to be true), (s)he became pushy and gave the following short message:
Yea, we have to reach a reservation agreement now and you send the payment to my Lawyer's account so the apartment can be reserved for you from now till then.


So, now a lawyer was involved. We asked if we could get in contact with the lawyer, "Dan Dan" replied that we could get the lawyer's e-mail address (as the lawyer is apparently based in Scotland). We got an e-mail address:

[email protected]

If you check out http://lawyer.com, you'll find it's American (not Scottish). Things turned even more ridiculous. We contacted the "lawyer" anyway, to see where things would head, and the lawyer responded in the following fashion:

Hi,
Thanks, i think Mr Corti told me about you. Im sorry there is nobody you can meet first to see the apartment, i dont know if Mr Daniele CORTI will be free to meet you, but the rental process have been planned to be done online, and that is why i am here as a laegal practioner. TO proceed we will have to sign the contract as soon as possible and you will make the payments to me to my account i.e the contract will be prepared with your details and will be attached an email and sent to you, you will jus have to print out,sign and send the signed copy back through email too and you will make the payment to my account and the keys of the apartment and a brown envelope which will carry the enclosed contract and receipst for your payment and other papers so you can receive by dhl courier service and start your stay.

You are to get back to me with the below details.

Name in full:
Current address:
Passport id number:
Move in and out date:
Age and gender:

Warm Regards
Mrs Loiuse CLARK.(Bar,SAB).


After this message, we sort of realised that this was a scam. Both the lawyer and Daniele contacted us, asking what was taking us so long, we needed to send the requested information, so the process could proceed.

Finally, we told "Dan Dan" that we were aware that is was a scam, at which point he became very hostile and angry at the accusation (with an accompanying threat of law suit). We then found another post on this website and sent him the link. The End.

Sorry if this became a long post, but it's interesting to see their methods (and especially bad English). How can a Scottish based lawyer, with an e-mail address from an American site, have such bad spelling and e-mail formatting? No way!

--Thomas

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