Rental Scam - [email protected]

I received this email, after responding to an add a a free housing website:

Thanks for your interest ,am well pleased and appreciated.

Standing & Location !

The apartment is located at Breedstraat 20, 3512 Utrecht, The Netherlands , and less than seven minutes walk from the nearest Bus-stop and close to Train station.The location is great and was one of the prefared areas by all visitors including cultural attractions in the area,holiday sites, shopping centers ,malls , restaurants ,cafes and public transportations are just around the vicinity...

Apartment is 50 m2 consisting of a fully furnished bedroom.Completely renovated, this apartment offers great quality furnishment.
The bedroom has a high quality sofa bed for two additional guests,and a beautiful kitchen fully equipped.
.The bathroom, accessible independently from bedroom and living room includes a bath with a shower attached to the wall..
This is a very beautiful apartment which is ideally located with major tourist attractions in the surrounding area, many restaurants and of course the most beautiful and especially calm area, an opportunity not to be missed! .Nonetheless, I have attached the pictures of the apartment as file for you to see, access my claims and view.The Unit is open to both long and short term lease and its still available at the moment.

Note :

*Monthly rental price : 440euro per month including all bills....
*Security Deposit :500euro security deposit payment is required and be awared that the deposit is refundable at the end of your stay if nothing is damaged from my properties .

Amenities

* TV
* Microwave
* Cable TV
* DSL/WIFI
* 1Bedroom
* Lounge/Dining room
* Oven
* Shower
* WC
* Phone
* Dish Washer Crockery&Utensils
* Washing Machine
* Stereo/Radio System DVD Player
* DVD/Music Collection
* Central Heating Air Conditioning
* Large Closets
* Pet are allowed
* Kitchen Fridge & Freezer
* Spacious Garage Parking

Conclusively, the mode of registration and reservation will be initiated if you are still interested and comfortable with the descriptions of my apartment,i will be looking forward to your response and have a great day attached you can find my apartment pics,have a nice day

Best Regards
Kelly..

And realised it looked like it was copied and pasted from different texts. But I was hopeful and replied and got the following email back:


Good receiving your response,its nice to hear that you like my apartment and i will be also willing to give it out to you if you can assure me that my apartment will be well taking care of by you in my absence...


you can have my apartment for as long or short as you want because presently am in UK i was just been transfered by my company down here to work thats why am renting out my apartment your friend can go to my apartment address and see it just that your friend wont gain full entrance into the apartment because its locked and am here with the keys thats why i sent you my apartment pics i took before i traveled so that you can have an idea of how the inside looks like...presently nobody is inside you will be living in my apartment alone they are all private use to you alone

i do normally make use of an agent or friends but due to the way they cheat on my tenants thats the reason why i decided to travel with my keys......

breifly about me i work as a contractor am married with 3children and i love making friends with intelligent people,don't worry i will pay you a visit when am on leave so that we can see each other and introduce ourself better....

i will appreciate it if you can briefly introduce yourself to me ok..


do get back to me asap for further procedure..

Many Thanks

Still not completely sure but also worried as I found the same address on a estate agencies website, for sale, with very different pictures. But the last email was enough:


Thank you for your response and am really impressed by your introduction,am really happy to give out my apartment to you due to the assurance you have given me to take absolutely care of my apartment for me in my absence....

with this introduction i believe i have a little bit understanding about you and i guess you will keep to your promise when am on vacation and come around to pay you a visit i guess i will meet my apartment in a perfect condition..

there is a window both in the livingroom and in the kitchen and its on a second floor and well dure you will love it when you arrive there ...
firstly we shall need to sign a rental contract that will be organise by my lawyer here in UK this will stand as a guaranty and security between us......

For you to get the place reserved we will both sign a rental agreement contract which will be prepared by my lawyer then i will post the keys of the apartment and the payment receipt to you via DHL express (1-2 days delivery ) after your deposit payment which is your first month rent and the security deposit has been confirmed.


Below are the info needed from you wish my lawyer will use in preparing the rental contract......

Your full name:
Your full address:
Nationality:
Passport id:
Date of birth:
Phone no:
Move in date and out:


I shall be waiting for the above informations soonest. Pls make sure you send me your correct current address because i would use that in posting down the keys and the payment receipt to you after we must have concluded the contract. Feel free to call me anytime so that we can discuss more.

Hope to read back from you soon.

Best regards,
Kelly..

I have realised now that most of the texts are copied, and thank you very much for posting all these scamming reports!

Welcome to ScamWarners Grietje. You are correct, that is a scam. Thank you for posting the information here for others to find and recognize the scam.