Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: Con Warner
Sent: Sunday, 2 October 2011 11:11
Subject: 3 Darling Island Road, Pyrmont, NSW 2009

Hello,

First of all I want to thank you for your reply. I really appreciate you took the time to answer me. I am the owner of the apartment(2beds & 2baths) located in 3 Darling Island Road, Pyrmont, NSW 2009, Australia. It is still available for rent for $220 p/w(fully renatal) including utilities for as long as you need. The apartment is in the best conditions, it is newly furnished and equipped with all the dependencies. I bought the apartment in 2007 and I lived there with my pet until last month when I received a promotion and needed to move to London/United Kingdom.

In the apartment you will find a dishwasher, a refrigerator, a freezer, a washing machine, a dryer, an iron, , an oven, a toaster, a coffee maker, vacuum cleaner, a big screen TV, cable TV with the basic access, ADSL internet and Wi-Fi access. Also the apartment is near the public transportation, a shopping mall, a gym, and other facilities. There are no problems if you have any pets, as long as you clean up after them. The apartment has a parking space for one car. I have spent a great amount of money refurnishing the apartment and my request is that you treat it like it was your own. I am not interested to make a lot of money from the rent as I am interested to find a tenant that will take good care of the property until my return(the minimum lease period is 3 months).

My contract here in London expires in October 2014.

I have found a way for us to complete the deal fast (2 days) and easy. The solution is a worldwide delivery company called TNT ( http://www.tnt.com/ ) with them you will be able to check the apartment before I receive the payment. The keys are with me in London.
Let me know how this sounds to you.

Looking forward to your answer.

Thank you!

Isaac Purcell
10 St. James's Place
London , SW1A 1NP
[email protected]

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.

I will explain you in few steps how this transaction should be made through TNT for both protection.
You should pay first 1 month rent + Security deposit so the total amount will be $1760.
You will have to send me your details (your full name and address) so I can fill out the lease
agreement and start the transaction.I will pay for a 2 days delivery so you will receive the Keys and the contract signed by me right away.
I will send you the signed lease agreement and the apartment keys through TNT. They will send you a notification ( by email ) that they have received the keys and the lease contract. Next you will have to send the 1st month payment and the bond to the TNT agent, after the payment is sent you have to send the details to TNT in order to release the keys and the lease contract.You will checkout the apartment and if you like it you have to instruct TNT to release the payment to me. If you don't like it you return the keys and the unsigned lease to the TNT agent and he will refund the cash you deposited.
I have attached a copy of my passport and birth certificate.
I am hoping that this is ok with you and we can close the deal.

Thank you,

Isaac Purcell
10 St. James's Place
London , SW1A 1NP
[email protected]

yes he has replied to me to as below. thank goodness i had the good sense to think it was too good to be true and looked up his name thanks to this website!

> Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 21:11:42 +0100
> To:
> Subject: 3 Darling Island Road, Pyrmont, NSW 2009
> From: [email protected]
>
> Hello,
>
> First of all I want to thank you for your reply. I really appreciate you took the time to answer me. I am the owner of the apartment(2beds & 2baths) located in 3 Darling Island Road, Pyrmont, NSW 2009, Australia. It is still available for rent for $220 p/w(fully renatal) including utilities for as long as you need. The apartment is in the best conditions, it is newly furnished and equipped with all the dependencies. I bought the apartment in 2007 and I lived there with my pet until last month when I received a promotion and needed to move to London/United Kingdom.
>
> In the apartment you will find a dishwasher, a refrigerator, a freezer, a washing machine, a dryer, an iron, , an oven, a toaster, a coffee maker, vacuum cleaner, a big screen TV, cable TV with the basic access, ADSL internet and Wi-Fi access. Also the apartment is near the public transportation, a shopping mall, a gym, and other facilities. There are no problems if you have any pets, as long as you clean up after them. The apartment has a parking space for one car. I have spent a great amount of money refurnishing the apartment and my request is that you treat it like it was your own. I am not interested to make a lot of money from the rent as I am interested to find a tenant that will take good care of the property until my return(the minimum lease period is 3 months).
>
> My contract here in London expires in October 2014.
>
> I have found a way for us to complete the deal fast (2 days) and easy. The solution is a worldwide delivery company called TNT ( http://www.tnt.com/ ) with them you will be able to check the apartment before I receive the payment. The keys are with me in London.
> Let me know how this sounds to you.
>
> Looking forward to your answer.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Isaac Purcell
> 10 St. James's Place
> London , SW1A 1NP
> [email protected]

Welcome J,

I'm glad you were able to avoid being scammed. Please feel free to post other scams you receive and help others to avoid being scammed as well.

It looks like your username is your email address. Using your email address for a username can result in it being harvested by spambots and can lead to a significant increase in spam and scams you will receive. I would recommend changing your username--if you give me (or any other admin) a new name, we can change that for you.