Rental Scammer - [email protected]

Well folks, its a good thing i caught this because I was about to make my payment today for 90 Rue Soeurs-Grises, montreal. Ive been in contact with man with the email [email protected]. His first email went as follows:

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in my apartment located in 90 Rue des Soeurs-Grises, Montreal, QC, Canada. The apartment is in excellent condition and it's just like in the pictures, very clean and very well taken. Honestly from point of view I'm sure that you will rent it on spot. I'm not looking to make a business or a profit with the apartment, I'm just trying to find a good and trust person to take good care of the place. The apartment has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It is furnished but if you want you can use your furniture and deposit mine in the storage unit that is located near the building not far away. The rent is 935CAD/month with everything included (heat, hydro, water, electricity, cable and internet-full package from Rogers, 2 parking spots, laundry in-suite, washer and dryer). You will have full access to all the amenities of the building. Pets are allowed. I stayed in the apartment with my wife for 3 months. I'm a civil engineer and I work for a company that has an auction for a project in construction in London, United Kingdom, so my accommodation period in England will be about 4 years. Everything in the apartment is new so there will be no need for repairs. The only problem is that I need to send you the keys and papers because it is a private property and I'm sure we can make this happen.

For the Click and Buy invoice that was sent to me, here are the details for the person I was supposed to make the payment to:

JOSEF HASTIE
24A CRANFIELD RD
LONDON
SE4 1UG
UK

Is there anything we can do to get this man arrested?


Split from necro and real name removed - CW

Hi. Welcome here and thanks for sending me the information.
I'm glad that you found us before you made the payment. :D
Unfortunately, the scammer is working anonymously. He never uses his real name or address.

From: ClickandBuy Transaction <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:11
Subject: Your Transaction With ClickandBuy! INVOICE ATTACHED!
To:


Dear,

The sender: Jonas Barbierri ( [email protected] ) has confirmed a transaction between himself and you.

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Transaction for: Apartment keys and rental contract verified signed by the Sender.
Owner of the apartment located in: 90 Rue des Soeurs-Grises, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Transaction Amount: 935.00$ CAD;
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For more information about the transaction please check the attached file.

IMPORTANT NOTE! INVOICE ATTACHED!

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FOR ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL MESSAGE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thank you for using our service,
Customer service - representative #9 - Ronald Mergen;
ClickandBuy International Limited

Dear,

The package is now in our custody and it is ready to be sent to your address. We have checked the package. Mr. Jonas Barbierri, has sent you 2 keys from the outside door of the building, 3 keys from the apartment door, 2 keys from storage unit, key-card access for parking, copies from the apartment documents and the rental contract. We checked all the apartment papers and rental contract with our Real Estate Professional Department. After the payment is confirmed to our company the transaction starts and you will receive the package in 2-3 days. After the inspection period you must give us the final answer. If you don`t want to rent the apartment you will receive a full refund and the package is sent back to the sender.

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Transaction for: Apartment keys and rental contract verified signed by the Sender.
Owner of the apartment located in: 90 Rue des Soeurs-Grises, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Transaction Amount: 935.00$ CAD;
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PAYMENT INFORMATION

You must pay to our company the amount of: 935.00$ CAD using Western Union (www.westernunion.ca) to our payments representative:

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Receiver name: JOSEF HASTIE
Receiver address: 24A CRANFIELD ROAD
Receiver city : LONDON
Receiver Zip Code: SE4 1UG
Receiver Country : UNITED KINGDOM
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After the payment is sent please e-mail us the transfer code( MTCN# ) so we can check if the transfer is valid.

Important Note: For business money transfer or internet transactions, WesternUnion charges customers a fee between 50-80.00$ CAD (an international sales tax imposed by the state). If you would like to avoid this fee, when the WesternUnion agent asks you what are you sending the money for , you can tell him/her that you are sending the money to a friend. There will be no problem and the payment will be received.

After the payment is sent please e-mail us the following information:

-10 digit MTCN (Money Transfer Control Number)
-Sender's, full name and address
-Receiver's full name
-The total amount sent
-Scanned Receipt from WesternUnion (Not required to be sent)

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FOR ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL MESSAGE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thank you for using our service,
Customer service - representative #9 - Ronald Mergen;
ClickandBuy International Limited

Below is a link to a copy of what the scammers sends to the potential victim. Note that ClickandBuy's email address is not:
[email protected] That is a free email address offered by mail.com. Click and Buy has nothing to do with Western Union and would never demand money be sent that way. In fact, any request for money to be sent via Western Union or MoneyGram is a scam. They also have a fake customer assistance link.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxzY2Ftd2F0Y2hpbmd8Z3g6MzM0MWM1NTg0MTcxZjU1ZQ