by sukre21
Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:21 pm
Hello everyone ! unfortunately i am a victim of rental scam so i decided to inform others !! i was a victim of a person with the name SON JEFFREY KELLY (his advertisement was on craiglist) who was renting a house in Copenhagen.. after a loss of 360 euros and a lot of sadness i decided to look for another house.. but rental scammer again !! this time with the name ALEX DEJONG ANDERSON (his advertisement was on expatriates) who is also renting an apartment in Copenhagen !! This guy is following exactly the same policy as the first one did so i "revealed" him 
i am still in contact with this person.. this is one of the emails that the second guy sent me after showing interest for his property and telling him that my mobile is out of service >
"Thays ok i would have liked to speak with you.I am in london presently that is why i am renting out the apartment,before now i use rental agencies but my previous tenant conplained about the way they are treated that is why i decided to take the keys with me to london and rent the apartment out personally since it would be easier to post the key to my tenant in anywhere through DHL COURIER SERVICE.In renting the apartment,we will both sign a rental agreement contract which will be prepared by my lawyer then i will post the keys of the apartment plus other necessary documents to you after your first month rent and the deposit payment has been confirmed.This is the ideal way of reserving an apartment but i am going to be flexible because we both need to be commited and secure in this agreement.I am willing to accept a payment deposit of 500eur only untill you receive the keys and have gain access to the apartment.When you have the keys and must have seen that the apartment is exactly as described by me,you will go ahead and balance up with the remaining 500eur.Please note that it will be stated as a clause in the agreement that if the condition of the described apartment is not met,you will be liable to return the keys back within a period of 48hrs with no penalty given and complete return of funds.If the conditions above are okay,Then....
Do get back to me with the below information so that we can proceed further:
Your full name:
Your full address:
Nationality:
Passport id:
Phone number:
Date of birth:
Move in date and out:
With those information,my lawyer shall prepare the rental agreement which will be signed by you and me.When you have the contract,you will have to scan it out,sign it and scan it back to me attached with the payment receipt. "
The only reason i am still in touch is that i am wondering if these persons can get arrested by the police or if i could do something to help you find them ... What should my next step be ? He has sent me a contract (instead of the address in copenhagen which was on the advertisement he put one in brussels (!!!) probably by mistake and i was thinking of writing some bad things down about his person and sending it back !! I am a student and this money that i lost the fist time came out of my savings ..
Regards to everyone !
i am still in contact with this person.. this is one of the emails that the second guy sent me after showing interest for his property and telling him that my mobile is out of service >"Thays ok i would have liked to speak with you.I am in london presently that is why i am renting out the apartment,before now i use rental agencies but my previous tenant conplained about the way they are treated that is why i decided to take the keys with me to london and rent the apartment out personally since it would be easier to post the key to my tenant in anywhere through DHL COURIER SERVICE.In renting the apartment,we will both sign a rental agreement contract which will be prepared by my lawyer then i will post the keys of the apartment plus other necessary documents to you after your first month rent and the deposit payment has been confirmed.This is the ideal way of reserving an apartment but i am going to be flexible because we both need to be commited and secure in this agreement.I am willing to accept a payment deposit of 500eur only untill you receive the keys and have gain access to the apartment.When you have the keys and must have seen that the apartment is exactly as described by me,you will go ahead and balance up with the remaining 500eur.Please note that it will be stated as a clause in the agreement that if the condition of the described apartment is not met,you will be liable to return the keys back within a period of 48hrs with no penalty given and complete return of funds.If the conditions above are okay,Then....
Do get back to me with the below information so that we can proceed further:
Your full name:
Your full address:
Nationality:
Passport id:
Phone number:
Date of birth:
Move in date and out:
With those information,my lawyer shall prepare the rental agreement which will be signed by you and me.When you have the contract,you will have to scan it out,sign it and scan it back to me attached with the payment receipt. "
The only reason i am still in touch is that i am wondering if these persons can get arrested by the police or if i could do something to help you find them ... What should my next step be ? He has sent me a contract (instead of the address in copenhagen which was on the advertisement he put one in brussels (!!!) probably by mistake and i was thinking of writing some bad things down about his person and sending it back !! I am a student and this money that i lost the fist time came out of my savings ..
Regards to everyone !
at least someone can get suspicious via my information.. the bad thing is that i sent him another email pretending that i would like to know some more details about the contact.. so should i flag this contact as fraud or junk ? or maybe delete it after saying that "sorry i found something else" ?
i wish i knew it before! anyways hope that this will prevent others from becoming victims of scammers !!
