Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: Thomas Muller - [email protected]

Thanks for your interest in my apartment. To tell you little about myself.
I'm a graduate with a degree in construction management and I formerly work
in a management position at Heery international, a construction company. I'm
easy going and friendly. I like Music and have deep interests in traveling.
I respect every religion and love to hang around with people and i am
definitely not a trouble maker and very helpful in nature. Presently I'm in
Philippine - working with a private construction company and I will be here
for long that is why am renting out my apartment. The apartment is located
at:

ADDRESS: 1849 Mark Twain Street, Palo Alto CA 94303

The apartment is a modern & spacious 2bedroom and one full bathroom
furnished apartment and is strategically located in a very cool and lovely
environment with five (5) appliances including dishwasher with in-suite
laundry and plenty of storage space and parking space, professional and
mature neighbors ensure peaceful living arrangements. Freshly painted and
immaculately clean.

The rent is $770 monthly including utilities and $500 damage deposit. I
will like you to drive by to the building at your convenient time to view
the exterior of the apartment for you to know where the apartment is located
and get back to me so that I can forward you the full interior pictures to
you to have an idea how beautiful and spacious the inside looks.

Waiting to hear from you soon,

Regards

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 lawyer,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.

This guy is now listing a rental in Santa Monica on craigslist but thank goodness I googled his name and found your post on Scam Warners.....I knew his email reply to me(see below) sounded ridiculous and too good to be true!!


Re: $1250 / 1br - Spacious Furnished 1 Bedroom Apartment In Prime Santa Monica Location! (Santa Monica)
Thomas Muller [[email protected]]
Hello,

Thanks for your email and it is my gladness to hear from you.My Name is Thomas Muller owner of the apartment you want for rent i resided in the apartment with my wife and Kid before i had to move for a missionary work in West Africa and my wife went ahead to United Kingdom on her own Mission.My apartment is Located at (1230 Berkeley St ,Santa Monica, CA 90404) and presently the apartment is still very available for rent at $1250 Per Monthincluding utilities and appliances and it's available for short and long term (The apartment is Fully Furnished & Can Be Made Unfurnished)..More so Now, I am on a missionary work in West Africa and i will like you to get in touch with my wife in the United Kingdom for more discussion as She is with the keys and documents of the apartment,she's in the UK due to am not around and she had to go for a christian mission with our only daughter, you get in touch with her she will let you know all things about the apartment.Please i want you to note that,i am a kind and honest man and also i spent a lot on my property that i want to give you for rent,so i will solicit for your absolute maintenance of my apartment,is that taken?.I want to have trust in you as i always stand by my words.Where are you located? let us know how soon you are willing to move in.Email my wife Elizabeth,on ([email protected]) and she will attend to you better.

Thanks for your interest.
Thomas Muller.

Could we have the headers please Clairem, AS IT HELPS THE WARNING BE MORE POSITIVE FOR OTHER FINDERS and thanks for the info.