Rental Scammer - Mr/Mrs Brenard - USING 2 DIFFERENT EMAIL

After posting an ad on Gumtree I received a lot of fraudulent suggestion and about one of this there aren't topic in here! But is obvious it is a scammer!!

This is the mail from [email protected]:

Hello, I've just seen your ad on Gumtree and...Just saw your message.I have a bedroom flat very affordable it very beautiful and calm.located in London
* Fully Furnished property
* VERY SPACIOUS
* Large Bedroom With 2 Wardrobes
* Power shower with light and sound
* Conservatory Overlooking Large Garden
* Central Heating & Double Glazed
* Kitchen appliances included
* Jacuzzi bath
* Car PARK
* Close To All Amenities

Available Now.

Then wrote this USING A SECOND EMAIL [email protected]:

Thanks for the interest you have in my flat. My flat is still available for rent and you can stay in my flat as long as you pay your rent at when due. Here are the necessary things you need to know about the rent and deposit.

Rent £300 pcm : £75 pw
Security Deposit: £ 500.00 (Returnable at the end of a week stay in my flat)
Utility bills inclusive ( water, gas, council tax, TV license and wireless Internet) Utility Cost : £ 0.00 pcm.

However, At this stage that you want to rent my flat, i need to know some few question about you.Can you keep my flat clean and tidy and can you also provide references in London?. Kindly reply for further information and i will like to know where you are coming from to stay in my flat. I look forward to reading from you. Have a wonderful week ahead .

Regards
Mr/Mrs Brenard

And this his her/his third message:

Hello,

Thanks for your reply and interest for my flat. My flat is fully furnished in and out as you can see in the picture and there is a garage and a off street parking in my flat,I spoke with my lawyer some couple of minute ago concerning the interest you have in my flat and we both agreed to have you in my flat also i will want you to know that the rent is £300 per month and its include all bills.

My flat is located at Charles street,London Central London w1j 5eb and i have also attached photos of the flat for your convenience to this mail. I will appreciate if you will get back to me concerning your interest to enable my Lawyer prepare all necessary papers and document on the tenancy agreement and contract and conclude all arrangement for the viewing to enable you move in and feel relax.

However,it is unfortunate that my past bitter experience of inviting people to come and view my flat without any form of confirmation of their financial ability and not keeping up to time as at when scheduled, has brought about great loss to me. I have traveled all the way from Ireland to take some interested candidates round my flat because that's where i work with (P. Elliott & Company).

Some outside tenants do not have the money to pay the rent and yet they disturb the the landlord to arrange a viewing with their friend or relative who are in London, also some do not meet up with the appointments which has led to the dismissal of some landlords in office by there employees.

Henceforth my lawyer and i have decided to carry out a simple test on financial ability to pay for my rent before coming for viewing or before making a reservation for any interested candidate. I would not ask you to send your bank statement neither your pay slip because it will be inappropriate for me to collect any money from you neither my lawyer. At least 2 weeks rent and security deposit which is £ 500 which is refundable after your first week stay in my flat, would be required from you to transfer through the western union transfer agents. You can make the transfer with your name as a sender name and your partner or friend in UK premises as a receiver.

Once you have done this, scan the receipt to me and if you do not have scanner, you may write out the details on the receipt as i will send it to my lawyer to verify if it's truly genuine and available in your friend's custody, after verification, then we can proceed for the viewing.

Note that the transfer must be confirmed valid before the receiver picks up the money and also, i will refund back to you the cost of transfer when we meet.


I look forward to reading from you soon. (+447024019278)

Regards
Mrs Brenard

Thank you for posting this. It illustrates how scammers often get lost in their own scam.

The phone number is enough to call it a scam. We appreciate you posting it for others to find here.

True we have just talk abuot the number start with +4470 in this topic: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24135