Room for Rent and other rental scams
by ohyeahyeah Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:46 pm
I saw an ad on craiglist for a nice place in Marina Del Rey. I emailed the person and got this email

Hello,
Thanks for taking the time to look at my property.My name is Kelly Amber, I'm 39 years old, and I own this beautiful 2 bedrooms,2 bathrooms condo (1,725 square footage).It's located in 13700 Marina Pointe Dr,Marina Del Rey,CA 90292.The unit is equipped with recessed lighting, central air and heat, the condo come with two parking spots,a storage unit where you can deposit my furniture (if you don't like it and you want use your furniture),there is also a linen closet, and most importantly, a new front loading stacked washer and dryer.Pets allowed.I've moved to United Kingdom with my job decided to rent it because the rent is very expensive here.The price is so low because I'm here and is very hard to find a tenant.I can rent you the condo for min. 1 month and max. 6 years(or more).I really want to find a good and responsible tenant for it, and I hope that you can send me some personal information about yourself.The rent for whole the condo for 1 month is $1,000.00 including all utilities(water,electricity, internet, cable, parking , air conditioning, fireplace, dishwasher, garbage) and the security deposit is $1,000.00 (you'll get the deposit back at your departure-or you can use it to pay your last month of rent) and I want to receive the money monthly in my bank account. You can move in the condo in the same day when you receive the keys. The only problem is that I`m the only person who has the keys and I have nobody in United States that could show you the condo. In order to check it, see if you like it(I'm sure that you'll love it), you need to receive the keys and the contract.
If you want to rent the condo, please e-mail me back and I will explain you how the payment and shipping will take place!
Here are a few pictures:

http://www.mypicx.com/02102011/aptMARINA/

Have a nice day

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I've been reading a lot about a certain "Kelly," so I just want to make sure she's legit. It sounds a bit fishy though. :?
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by Dotti Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:06 pm
These pretty much say it all...
A quick search for this unique phrase: "The unit is equipped with recessed lighting, central air and heat"

Gives me (among others)

http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=15871&p=47428

http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=16881&p=49298

http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=16745&p=48846

Looks like this is a very popular script with the scammers right now.

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by Con Warner Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:41 am
Welcome to ScamWarners ohyeahyeah.

As Dotti points out, this is a common script used by the scammers.
Would you mind posting the email address that the scammer used on this occasion in order to help others who may be researching their new "landlord".

Email: [email protected]

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