Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: $700 / 2br - CHARMING 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT (Niagara Falls Ontario)
To: Con Warner

Hello

Thanks for your interest and inquiries about my home.Yes the property is still available for rent and we are looking for a responsible person/family to occupy and maintain the property now that we are not around.Myself and wife just traveled to London United Kingdom for a programme called Empowering Youth to Fight Racism, HIV/AIDS, Poverty and Lack of Education, the programme is taking place in major countries in Europe and Africa which are UK, Spain,Germany,South Africa,Ghana.We will be away for 3 to 5 years or more that is why I have made up my mind to put up my property for rent to whom ever that will take good care of it.Also how long do you intend to stay? How soon do you intend to move in?
Here are details of the property:

FEATURES :
Laundry
Electric Range
Electric Heat

AMENITIES:
Air Conditioning
Patio/Party Deck
Cable TV
Ceiling Fans
24 hours Internet service
Dishwasher
Garbage Disposal
Microwave
security alarm
Pets Allowed
Refrigerator
Washer / Dryer

Rent: $700 including utilities
Security deposit: $350
Please feel free to ask any questions you do not understand and i will be looking forward to receive your email as soon as possible.

I am not around to show the inside, you can go check out the property and the neighborhood from the outside and get back to me if you really like it for more information.

=========== RENT APPLICATION FORM ============
PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL

Please answer these questions below if you are Interested
1)Your Full Name____________________________________
2)Present Address(where you reside now) & Phone__________________________
3)How old are you_____________________________
4)Are you married___________________________________
5)How many people will be living in the apartment___________________________
6)Do you have a pet____ _____________________________________
7)Do you have a car__________________________________________
8)Occupation_____________________________
9)How long are you willing to stay___________________________-
10)When do you intend to move in ___

Here is my contact phone number +447024064874
Hope to read from you as soon as possible. Thanks and GOD bless you.

Cheers!
Jason Hogan.

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.

Hi,

I have contacted him as well, and I thank you for putting his e-mail address up on here. He did seem kinda shifty, answering my e-mails very quickly with huge paragraphs, speaking with a slightly broken english even though he has a very english name, kind of rushing me and saying that other people wanted the place as well, saying that nobody could show me around since he had to leave the country... So I googled his address. With further research, I found the exact same address for rent by the actual company online. Thanks again for putting this up, saved me a lot of time and trouble.