Room for Rent and other rental scams
by muzzick Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:53 pm
this guy is going on gumtree offering propertys to let dhss accepted ....i looked into it and the property he offered me is a cleaning company in manchester city centre .....he changes his name and email address and he also changes the locations on were the property's to let are....so please be carefull not to fall for this man ..... im in the process of finding out where he comes from etc ..... if anybody knows or had similar emails off him i would be grateful if you could let me know as much detail as possible about this guy as he is a nasty piece of work......
This is a copy of the email he sent me .........Hi there vicky, you have received a reply to your Gumtree posting "2 BEDROOMED HOUSE OR FLAT WANTED MANCHESTER " (ad# 85163545) from James <[email protected]>:

Hello,
Thanks for your email and interest in my house and i have attached pictures for you to see and it is furnished but it has a big storage to put away things okay?and its available to move in and i also accept dss,so fill out my form below and we can go from there, since i am not residing there for now,The house is fully Furnished and has a big storage. The kitchen is fully equipped with all necessary cooking utensils,refrigerator-freezer,four-hob and oven, microwave,dishwasher and washing machine, my computer connected with Internet access.I have the keys and document with me here in West Africa Nigeria to be precise,I and my wife had the ntention of selling our property before leaving but after a while we decided to place it for rent and and had few tenants before now so the house is very available and ready for you to move in if you are really interested in my house.I am here on a missionary work with my family and will be here for 3yrs but on Due cases i will be visiting to check on you and my house cause absolute maintainable of my house is what i am after cause its newly renovated,Very spacious and Clean,So after Normal process is taking i shall be sending you the keys and document for you to move in, Also i will like you to know that the rent charges is not really the issue, hope you are okay with the price of 200Gbp for deposit ,100Gbp per Week which is 400Gbp Per Month including all bills like hydro, heat laundry facilities, air condition and so on, but your absolute maintenance of my house is most important to me, if you are really interested renting this house fill the application below and get back to me with the answers,Moreover as a man of God i intend to do my things with soft kindred heart.
Bedrooms 2
Bathrooms 1 full, 0 partial
Sq Footage 900
Parking 1 dedicated
Pet Policy Pets Allowed
Location........3 Joiner Street, Manchester, M4 1PN,United Kingdom

********RENT APPLICATION FORM*******
********PRIVATE & \CONFIDENTIAL*********
Also,Pls answer these questions below:
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 House__________________
6)Do you have a pet____ ___________________________________
7)Do you have a car_______ __________________________________
8)Occupation____________ _________________
9)What is your religion__ _____________________________________
10)How long are you willing to stay___________________________-
11)When do you intend to move in ___
12)1 month Or 2 month deposit needed___________________________
13)Picture of you or Occupants......--------------------
I personally will come visiting you sometime during the year as our new tenant,Looking forward to hear from you with all this details so that i can have it in my file as my new tenant and we can go on with the process.Awaiting your reply so that we can discuss on how to get the document and the keys to you.

Thanks And God Bless.
Mark James
+2347055339056
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by Katharina Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:52 pm
Welcome muzzick, and thank you for posting this warning! It will help other victims. :=)

The language of this scam mail is typical West African, so the scammer is probably sitting in a grubby internet café right now, wondering what went wrong. :mrgreen:
by helens Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:52 pm
i had this man meaasge me today, exact same message, using a different name and email address though

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