by Con Warner
Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:58 am
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:11
From: [email protected]
Subject: Photos and Details of my Rooms for Rent
To: [email protected]
Hi,
In response to your Advert on flatmate.com.au. My name is Dotti Candice Anne, 30 years old. Attached to the mail are the pictures of the rooms in my flat. I am a respectful, decent, laid back and honest lady. I enjoy music and red wine. So i want a keen, clean, easygoing and reliable individuals to occupy the rooms.
Room Facilities:
Bed, desk, TV, built-in wardrobe, private bathroom, table setting, couch, Internal laundry with dryer, Ducted air-conditioning
Kitchen:
Gas, electric cooking, microwave, dish washer and fridge.
Bathroom:
Shower, lounge with split system heating & cooling and Jacuzzi.
Flat Utilities:
Power, Gas, water, Phone, WIFI Internet, gym, rooftop lap pool, sauna, steam room, spa, concierge service in the building and a secure car park.
FLAT ADDRESS : 1405/540 Lygon Street Carlton VIC 3053. With Melbourne University, RMIT, tram, Lygon Street shops, cafes and the CBD at your doorstep.
Each bedroom is $150 AUD per week plus Refundable bond of $600 AUD. The rent price include all bill and utilities in the apartment.
I will be looking forward to read from you soon.
Best regards,
Ann
This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union or MoneyGram with a promise that he will send the keys through a courier company.
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 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.
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]
Subject: Re: Photos and Details of my Rooms for Rent
To:
Hi,
It is nice reading back from you. I really appreciate your interest in my room. Little information about me, I am an Australian, I love meeting people from different part of the world. I am so friendly and easy going lady.
I just travelled to Birmingham in United Kingdom for a research, so not to keep the flat empty my lawyer advised me to rent out just two rooms as i will be back soon to continue my job. So i want to rent out these rooms to reliable and trustworthy individuals, so that i can pay more attention to the research. I spend most of my free time at home in Australia. So i would like you to meet my lawyer face to face at his law firm in Adelaide. But my spare key is deposited at the FedEx office, so that any interested individual can easily get the spare key rather than traveling to Adelaide. We might not know each other but i believe you are not a bad person.
Thank you once again for your interest. Get back to me soon.
I hope to read from you soon.
Best regards,
Ann
Hi,
It's a great pleasure reading from you again. I'm so glad to realize that you are a very reliable and straight forward person, as you can't travel to meet my lawyer, then i would like you to assure me that you will keep my flat clean and neat. I will prepare a Tenancy Agreement Lease and i will get back to you with the 12 digits reference number which you will provide to the FedEx staff to pick up the key box.
My lawyer will need your following details to prepare the Tenancy Lease, so that you can know the terms and conditions of living in my apartment by making 600 AUD per month which includes all utilities bill plus refundable Bond of 600 AUD as advance payment for the room. Please provide your following details,
Full Name:
Present Address:
Sex:
Age:
Occupation:
Contact Number:
Move In Date:
As soon as you provide this, we will need to proceed with the next step of the documentation by making your rent payment. I know well that we will really enjoy each others company in the flat. Thank you for your interest and effort.
I hope to read from you soon.
Best regards,
Ann
From: [email protected]
Subject: Tenancy Agreement and Contract Lease with Payment details
How are you doing over there? This is the Tenancy Agreement and Contract Lease signed by my lawyer and I. Attached to this mail is the Tenancy Agreement and Contract Lease, so i would like you to read through and send it back to me after signing it. So proceed with the next step of documentation by making your payment immediately. You will be required to identify yourself before the parcel will be handed over to you, so you will take along an identity with your full name.
So you will have to make the payment into my Lawyer's bank account, as it is very safe. Below is my Lawyer's account details for the payment,
Bank Account: Credit Union Australia
BSB code: 814 282
Account number - removed
Account name - removed
Swift Code:CUSCAU2SXXX
AMOUNT: $1200 AUD (Rent $600 plus Refundable Bond $600)
Kindly get back to me with the bank transfer receipt for the confirmation of your payment. I will issue a receipt for the confirmation of your payment. I have also attached my passport copy and driver's license for you.
I will like you to assure me that this vital documents will be in a safe hands because my lawyer has warned me seriously never to joke it on internet for security reason. I know you are reliable and trustworthy. I hope you are aware that the deposit is still your money which you will be getting back anytime you intend vacating my apartment, mine is just the rent.
I hope to read from you soon.
Cheers mate,
Ann
