Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Con Warner Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:26 pm
From: David Martin - [email protected]


Thanks for your interest in my property. I am looking for a responsible & clean tenant that will be able to take good care of my apartment because I'm not given my apartment for rent just because of money but due to my transfer to Washington DC, USA. I'm an Overhauling manager, but have just been transferred to chevron plc in DC, you can view our site at http://www.chevron.com. I left country with hope that I will be coming back in a month's time,but right now the company have ask me to stay for 2yrs under contract with them that why I have made up my mind to put up my apartment for rent I also have another property in Germany but the government took over the whole territory.

I spent a lot on my property that I want to give you for rent and I want to use the rent fee for my Daughter pocket money fee, She is studying in Malaysia, Asia part of the world and I would want you to treat it as your own and I would like you to keep it tidy all the time also want you to let me have trust in you, the rental fee $1150 per month has including utilities for the whole of the apartment. Please let know if you can take good care of the place very well? Hope you have a nice day In fact I'll like to meet you when coming to visit you soon If you really want to rent the property, you will need to provide the below information;

RENT APPLICATION FORM


1)Your Full Name ?

2)Present Address of the applicants?

3)Ph#: Cell & Home?

3b)How old are you?

4)Single Or Married?

5)How many people will be living in the house?

6)Pet : If any ?

7)Profession ?

8)How long do you intend staying?

9)Date of move in?

10) Your Reference ?

Looking forward to hear from you with all this details so that I can have it in my file in case of issuing the receipt for you and contacting you, Await your reply so that we can discuss on how to get the document and the key to you, I'm giving you all this base on trust.

Thanks,
David

~ The Sun and the Moon and the Stars still remember our real names ~


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.

Good to read back to you with the rent application form filled and I really appreciate all your promise to take very good care of the apartment, I felt relived after I got your application form, because you sound so trust worthy and my instincts tell me that you are my perfect tenant. I just want to let you know that we have decided to let you live in our apartment. As we have found your application very satisfactory and acceptable by my family. I will also like to tell you that I initially wanted to sell the apartment but my wife suggested I rent it out to responsible person who will be ready to take care of it. that's why we are willing to rent it out to you. its already been furnished, that's one of the major reason I said you should help me take very good care of it, and there is a storage unit in which you can put some of my stuff that you will not used in the apartment. Your moving date with be 25th of November but your tenancy will be 1st of Dec.

So I would want you to go through this email and get back to us if there is no mistake in your current address below. We will be sending the following document to you via carrier service to the current address and the shipping details tracking number will be sent to you. Please once again, we are giving you this on trust and do not disappoint us and I promise you that you will love the apartment. You will be making payment for the last month rent refundable fee before your tenancy to enable shipment of the keys and document to the address provided, You can move in at your convenience once the down deposit is made, you are only paying for the first month rent only at your convenient time when you move in, because I don't want to do something that will be stressful or difficult to my fellow human being all we want from you is to help us take good care of it property which I believe you can! The rent starts counting when you move in, below document with us and will be sending to you once the payment is made.

1) Entrance and the rooms Keys
2) Paper/Permanent house form
3) The house documentary file.
4) Full Description of the house
5) Payment Receipt

I will call the courier service to make enquirer on how the package will be schedule for shipping, attached is the lease agreement for signature and picture of my wife and I. Get back to me with the form attached signed and I'll love to see your picture too. You can email or fax the lease to me.

Sincerely,

David
C: 202 507-9183
Fax: 530-466-2252

~ The Sun and the Moon and the Stars still remember our real names ~


I just want to plead you not to forget your promise over taking good care of the property for us because that this the main reason why we are renting it out. I've already called to the courier service for the shipment of the package. The receptionist said the keys and documents will get to you the next day the shipping payment is made. We will give you the privilege to send just the last month rent for now so that I can proceed with the shipping of the package then the first month rent once you receive it with a promise to do so prior the moving date. As I said earlier we only want our daughter in Malaysia to have the money in school. You will be sending the last rent to her. Once the payment is confirm I will send the package and email the shipping tracking number from the courier service to you. I want you to keep to your word and we don't want to regret in giving you our property but God forbid just telling you what we want from you, the package will be deliver to you the next day by overnight shipping at your doorstep.

The last month rent $1000 CAD payment via Western union money transfer to the information below:

Receiver's Name: Anna Martin
Address: 25 Jalan Jeloh Jalan Bukit Kajang, 43000, Malaysia

Once you send the money you can email the information from the receipt once it done so you can have the package the nextday as you know I'm not it Canada right now which is the reason I'm sending the keys and document to you. I will look forward to read from you soon so that the package will be delivered the next day.

Sincerely,
David
C: 202 507-9183

~ The Sun and the Moon and the Stars still remember our real names~

Email: [email protected]

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by cjsilver Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:14 pm
I almost got caught in this trap by a gentleman indicating his name was Keneth Ferguson. The EXACT ad - I was advised to copy and paste the ad onto google and thats how I found this sight. I was (am) looking for a place in Victoria. I am very glad that I found it was a scam. I just about gave notice !!
by cjsilver Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:15 pm
Actually a few differences, his daughter Christine is studying in the UK and thats where to send the money...the whole sun, moon and stars thing I wondered about it in combination with the too good to be true aspect. I am soooo mad.
by Con Warner Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:37 pm
Welcome here, cjsilver :D

If you post the emails from the scammer, it might help someone who searched just like you did.
If you do, please remember to remove your personal details.

Thanks. ;)

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