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From: roy gaz <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: LARGE DOUBLE BEDROOM AVALIBLE East LondonFlatshare
To: Con Warner
Date: Monday, 29 August, 2011, 11:11

Hi,

Thanks for your interest in my ads, below are more details about the flat.


Flat address: Cheshire Street, Poplar, Greater London, United Kingdom
Postal Code: E2 6JA

Rent:double room £650 per month, all bills inclusive
Rent :second double room £650 per month, all bill inclusive
Security deposit:£600 refundable after two weeks in the flat.


TRANSPORT
- Just 15 mins walk to Liverpool St, or just 800 metres to Shoreditch High Street and Whitechapel stations for quick, easy access to the whole of London!

- Just 400 metres away from Bethnal Green Rail station (for regular trains into Liverpool Street)

Just 800 metres away from these stations;
• Whitechapel (Hammersmith and District lines, Overground for access to Jubilee line),
• Shoreditch High Street (Overground).

Bethnal Green (Central line) station is 1km away.Liverpool St is 1.6km away.


Location:
-Located on quiet Cheshire St in Shoreditch, ideally located for Spitalfields Market, BrickLane and all that the area has to offer; trendy bars, pubs, vintage shops, weekend markets...Essential supermarkets and shops all within walking distance.

Minimum Contract required is 1Month(s)
Maximum Contract required is 2yr

Availability: Now

The flat is well furnished and equipped with followings :Air condition, standing mirror,CD - DVD - Video ,Radio , TV , High-speed Internet with WiFi,Washing Machine , Heating, iron and Ironing board , Electric Kettle,Toaster,Dishwasher,Refrigerator, Microwave and the flat comprise separate fully tiled bathroom with bath and power shower, and Off road parking space.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Kind regards,
Gareth.

This person asks 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, MoneyGram or bank transfer either to him, his lawyer, your friend or a family member.

Sounds safe. It's not!

At other times, this person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union or Moneygram with the promise that they will send the keys through a courier company.

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.

Thanks for your reply,Initially you know I will be coming down to London from Oxford but there's no problem inviting for the viewing,Is just that you will need to show some commitment because I've had bad experience with some future tenants,And I hope yours will be different,It might interest you to know that someone call me down to London from Oxford base on the fact that he want to view my flat and make payment by cash but to my surprise after the viewing he presented me with a post dated Cheque which will clear at the bank for at least five working days and it happen that I was there on Friday you can imagine how I feel on that day as am on a very tight schedule on that day I have to leave without letting out the room although he apologised to me but am just too busy to waste my time on speculation a similar case happen to me recently.

To prevent such happening again i have to consulted my lawyer and we have to conclude that anybody that want to view my flat which am sure that nobody will view it and will not want to rent it will need to show me an evidence that he/ she can pay me by cash am sorry if am too strict but I will want you to show me an evidence that you can pay me by cash. What I will like you to do is very simple, Go to any MoneyGram agent close to you and make transfer of a month rent plus security deposit (£650 £600=£1250) to your YOURSELF NAME as the RECEIVER of the money while you use the name of someone that's close to you as the sender of the money. as I don't want you to send me any money before viewing but make sure you come to the viewing along with the original receipt given to you at the MoneyGram outlet. After the completion of the transfer,you will need to mail me the date you want us to meet in London for the viewing of the flat and remember am NOT asking you to send me money mean while after the viewing and you are okay with the flat we will sign the lease agreement then you pay me in cash while the subsequent payment will be to my bank account.

Note: You must come with the original transfer receipt to the viewing because immediately after the viewing we both are to locate the nearest MoneyGram in other to cash the money for me. I will then set up a direct debit for the subsequent rent since am not based in London.

Please try to understand my point here I am NOT asking you to pay me any cash before viewing my property all I asked for is a month rent plus security deposit (650 600=1250) via MoneyGram to your name(?)and get back to me with the scan copy of the MoneyGram receipt for confirmation along with the best time you want us to meet up in London and after the viewing we would have to locate the nearest MoneyGram outlet to my property and cash the deposit for m? in exchange of the keys so I want MoneyGram to hold the money for us until after the viewing whilst the subsequent rent will be paid into my account by direct debit. I would also be responsible for the transfer fee i.e I will refund it back to you when i arrive.

I will get the contract ready for you to sign when you arrive for the viewing and the keys will be handed over to you immediately when you arrive. Receipt of payment will be issued to you after which you have sign the lease agreement form ok.

So let me know if you are okay with this
arrangement so that we can proceed and I shall be looking forward to meet you as a great friend eventually ok.

Looking forward to hearing from you back.

Best Kind,
Gareth