Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Con Warner Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:57 pm
Subject: Re: $900 / 3br - Affordable and well maintained Single Family Home in (Kamuela, HI)
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:11
From: Michel Sidibe <[email protected]>
To: Con warner

Good day Applicant Sorry for the late response

Thanks for your email and interest in renting my house. Pastor Michel Sidibe the executive director of UNAIDS the owner of the house you are making inquiry of. Presently, I am in Houston Texas. I came over here with my wife, we both acquired the property when i was in HI for campaign program .presently i and my family has relocated to Houston Texas also on a campaign program. Actually i lost one of my daughter to Hiv/Aids last year and ever since then, i have been into charity work trying all my possible best to help those that are victims and eradicate Hiv/Aids as a life-threatening disease. There are severely Multinational companies that have shown interest in it and they've been of good support to the organization. The program is taking place in different major countries in which are United States, Canada, Sweden, New Zealand, Holland, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Africa. I do travel to different countries in the world and work in conjunction with UNICEF.I will like you to put this organization in your prayers because there are a lot of people suffering with this deadly disease all over the world and you can know more about our organization here:http://www.unaids.org/en.
I had a thought of selling the house of which i did a research for an agent to handle it on our behalf and after getting one, we got a deal but later my wife advised against that. I reasoned with her and accepted her advice. So I contacted the agent back and requested for my keys and documents. Later we decided to have the house rent out, we would have given the same agent this job also but the truth of the matter is that the agent would want to handle it professionally and the occupant may not be able to reason along with him later and I noticed he even inflated money on the rent of the house, Now you can see why I don’t want to use a third party. If you notice, you will discovered that the price we are offering is far below standard price, this is enough for you to know that we are not after the rental fee but the absolute care for the property. Presently, it is no longer for sale, under minding the for sale sign up there in the building which I put there before leaving but available for rent at $900 per month (which includes utilities) and a security deposit of 800. More so now, our purpose of leaving HI down to Houston Texas is for an International HIV/AIDS campaign program meeting that has to do with establishing of more HIV / AIDS help center around the country. Please, I want you to understand that I spent a lot on my property that you have requested to rent, so I will solicit for your absolute maintenance of this house and would want you to treat it as your own because cleanliness they say is next to Godliness. It is not all about the money to be paid on rent or spent; it is all about a good maintenance culture which I want you to adopt on the property. I want you to keep it tidy all the time so that I would be full of smiles whenever I come and above all, a good, strong and tight relationship between us when I come for a checkup. Please one more thing, I wouldn’t like to have any benefit of trust in you because I want to stand in your words that the property would be well taken care of all the time.
I believe you have seen how lovely it is if from only the pictures you saw in my posting compare to the 100% comfort to be derived from it as an occupant. Please note that you will only be able to drive by the house for now but can't have a look at the interior until I have sent the keys and documents of the house to you. We will be very pleased if we can find the right tenant to rent our home, a person who is a clean freak and does not tolerate anything that has to do with dirt... we also would like to know more about you and your family, your renting experience and how long and when you plan moving into our home. Please note that, a deposit payment would be required if accepted to have the property rented.

House Address
64 5217 NOEKOLO ST Kamuela, HI 96743

Monthly Fee ; $900
Security Deposit: $800
Pets Allowed:

Available: Available Now for move in.

So pls get back to me today.

I await your reply ASAP. The rental fee is inclusive with utilities and my home available as at this moment. Attached is the interior pic of the property. Let me know if you will want me to forward you the Application Questioners Details so that you can have them fill and email back to me a.s.a.p. with all this details so that I can present it to my family, pray over it (because I consult the Almighty God before making any decision and if accepted, and have them stored in my file for the purpose of issuing the receipts to you and contacting you. Await your urgent reply so that we can discuss on how to get the document and the keys to you, please we are giving you all this based on trust and again I will want you to stick to your words, you know that we are very far apart now and only putting everything into God's hands and hope that you will not let us down. You can call me on my personal number any day any time 832-301-4875

Michel Sidibe
832-301-4875


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.

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by GMURILLO Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:57 pm
I got scammed for $500 from this guy with a similar spiel but with a house in Kihei and using a different email but with the same telephone number. The new email this shameful man is using is [email protected]. It seemed like it was safe and I looked the guy up and it fit in with what he was saying. We thought we were being blessed but then he asked for more money and something just didn't feel right so I looked up his name with scammers and this site came up with your posting. I wish I had seen this before!!! Is there anything I can do now? He gave me an address in Houston and I sent the moneygram payment of $500 to his "wife" Gloria Sidibe. I feel like such an idiot. Can I take him to small claims court? Is there any way to get ahold of the real Michel Sidibe to inform him of the scam that they are doing to people with his name???
by Bubbles Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:34 am
Welcome to ScamWarners GMURILLO, I am sorry you were tricked by this scammer. If you knew where the scammer really was, and if you knew who he really is, and if you could serve papers on him, you might be able to take him to Small Claims. Then if you won, you would have to then collect from him.

The truth is, he is probably in West Africa or Malaysia and you will never know his real name or location.

Wanting to warn the person whose name he has taken is a worthwhile goal, but there is nothing the real person could do about their name being used by a scammer. The best we all can do is be aware that any personal information we put in the internet may be used by anyone, including scammers for purposes we have no control over.

Bubbles, former Scamwarners moderator.

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Gone, but never forgotten.

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