Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: berenice weylin <[email protected]>
Date: 4 April 2011 10:21
Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: A clean double room in newly refurbished maisonette
To: Michelle Banks



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 : £ 70.00 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 Derby?

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 Weylin

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.

Hello,

Thanks for your reply, I wouldn't want you to get me wrong as i didn't ask you to send the deposit to me directly, the idea of making a confirmation of your financial ability is not only my idea, my lawyer and i decided to use that process and i can't violate the procedure.

However, i didn't want to collect any money from you as long as you have not sign a contract neither have i taken you round my flat. All i request of you is to transfer 1 month rent plus the security deposit to your friend or relative within the UK through western union money transfer , once you've done that, you get back to me with a scan copy of the transfer receipt so that i can forward it to my lawyer to confirm if the transfer is valid and is ready for pick up. After the confirmation might have been made by my solicitor, i will then ask you to tell your friend to pick up the money for you,and schedule a convenient day and time for the viewing. I promise to return the cost of the transfer without any deduction.

Kindly let me know your opinion as soon as possible and if you are not comfortable with my lawyer procedure, i suggest that

you look for another flat in other to avoid time wasting.


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 Weylin