Rental Scam in Florida

Im new to the site. Glad I found it. Hope I can help someone from getting scammed. Very nice site you guys have here.


http://sarasota.craigslist.org/apa/2315015084.html <--origonal add I saw

this is the email back.

Hello,
I did get your response in regards to the AD I posted on craigslist. The house is still available. I did bid for a portion of Gas(popularly known to be the oil and gas sector) in west africa and fortunately for me I won the bidding,so I had to move quickly down to west africa to set up my own company because I will have to rebid for it in the next 10 years. I came over here with my wife. While I was in the state;I use to have this agent who had wanted to help me in selling the house,but my wife didn't support the idea of selling...she gave reasons that we will be in search of a new home when coming back to the state and getting a nice home might not be as easy to get.I gave it a second thought and decided is best I have someone take very good care of the house while I'm away... So I contacted the agent back and requested for my keys and documents(you will get to see in the front yard, the ''for sale sign'' which will be no problem handling cause I will take it off as soon as I can find the right person to occupy the house).Later we decided to have the house leased out,I personally would have given the same agent this task to carry out,but the extra charges these agents get for carrying out thier chores,we believe might scare those seeking to rent our home:Some people are not aware that you get to pay more in rent when an agent is involve,and get to pay less when renting from the owner directly...so we aren't renting out the house through an agent. If you have taken notice you will discover that the price we are offering is far below the market price;it's for a fact that we are not after the money but the very upkeep and proper care that our new tenant can offer. The house is completely empty now(the refrigerator,washer,dryer,stove and some more that are just what we have left in the house)so, you can get to move into the house with your furnitures cause the rooms are big enough for them.I will be providing my new tenant with a local account where the monthly rent can be paid into.I will be providing my address over here where my new tenant can get to write. I will have to go through the information that I had requested to help me with having the right person occupy the house, and also would like to discuss things over on phone( my cell phone number is right below) so that I can be pretty sure of a true screening before giving out any form of approval...The keys and paper works will be forwarded to the current address via DHL or FEDEX upon approval.I will be coming back from time to time to check on the house and to see in what condition it has been kept.The lease term will be for a maximum of four years.
Please if you are ready now to occupy the house kindly provide the information below for record purpose
PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF
Full Name__________________________________________________ Home Phone ( ) ________________________
Date of Birth_________________________________
Other Phone ( ) ___________________
Current Address_______________________________Apt#________ City__________________ State______ Zip________
Reasons for Leaving____________________________Rent $__________Phone ( ) ____________________________
Are you married____________________________
How many people will be living in the house__________________________
Do you have a pet____________________________
Do you have a car____________________________
Occupation____________________________
Move In Date____________________________
House Address:3310 46TH E ST Palmetto, FL 34221

P.S.;YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VIEW THE INTERIOR PART OF THE PROPERTY,BECAUSE I HAVE THE KEYS AND DOCUMENTS HERE WITH WITH ME.

Regard's Mr.Jeffrey A Dyer
Phone...+234-8022631052
011-234-8022631052

Thanks for the compliments and the posting rampage
Which email address did the scammer use?

[email protected] <---- the email it came from.

Funny thing is I found this site because of this. I googled Jeffrey dryer scam just to see what came up, and that name comes up in this site. Maybe I should thank him!!

Hi Rampage, as tempting as it is to tell the scammer, "I found you on ScamWarers.com" we don't encourage doing that as scammers learn from what the read here too and they use it to be more tricky in what they do.

We don't want that!

We are pleased you found us.