Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: Mary Dunn [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 11:11
To: Con Warner
Subject: Re: Interested in your listing

Hi,

Am in receipt of your rental inquiry. $800 is the monthly rent for the stated property while $800 for the security deposit (refundable after lease period as long as there are no damages on property after inspection). For immediate move in, a total payment of $1600 is required but if you are not moving in immediately, you would be required to make a down payment of $800 for the security deposit to hold property till desired move in date.

Currently, am not present in the States to give you a tour of my property due to my contract job offer in the United Kingdom which will last for 5years and I do not have a local representative to show you the house. I did not plan leasing my home but on the second thought I realized it will be better off renting property and have some one cared for it in my absence rather than leaving it empty. If you are interested in renting the property and willing to work with me despite my absence then I would email the necessary papers for the lease to you, for necessary endorsement. Home will be available for lease for a maximum of 5years

My property is in a perfect location, neighborhood is secured, good for growing up kids and the people staying around are also good.

More information of the house is below;

Single Family Home, rent:$800, security deposit:$800, 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bathroom, location: 100 Kenzgar Drive, Myrtle Beach SC 29588, County: Horry, 1,483 sqft, pets Allowed:Cats and Dogs, terms of lease:1-5years, Built In 2009, Dishwasher, Oven(Double), Microwave, Oven, Heating Fuel: Gas, refrigerator, Style: Ranch, A/C, Roof: asphalt, Heating: Heat Pump, Range and home available for immediate move in.

Lovely and charming home in Myrtle Beach. Kenzgar is a gated community that sits on the Intercoastal Waterway just off of Peachtree Rd in Socastee. This home is only a year old, features 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, has a 2 car garage, and a great screened in back porch. This home welcomes pets (Cats & Dogs) and am looking for a super neat tenant to love and take care of my beautiful home!

Regards.
Mary A Dunn.
3212579029.

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.

Thanks for your transparency in filling out rental application form. My husband and I have reviewed your filled rental application form. We both had a little debate about your application considering all factors but at the tail end I was able to convince him that your application is modest enough and we do not have any reason to doubt either your ability to take care of the property or be on-time with monthly rent payments (Beginning with this one, because that is the only reason he might want to change his mind) because so far so good, you have been forthcoming with me and am comfortable renting my house to you. Luiz, am happy to let you know that we have hereby accepted your application and also given you the opportunity to rent our property and live in it as long as you have stated in the rental application or even more depending on how our relationship in the future as property owner - Tenant is being maintained. The home is in a good shape so you do not have to worry about that. It now remains your duty to take care of my home like it was your own. Incase of damages, you will be responsible for repairs while the total charges incurred in fixing the damage will be deducted from the next month rent and the balance sent to me.

Hardcopy of Lease agreement is to be mailed to your present address as indicated on the rental application form at your earliest convenience. We would be coming back by end of April as I would be on vacation. We would come around visiting, make our first inspection of the place and also discuss other better means of paying monthly rent. As stated in your rental application, you intend moving in by March. However, before your stated move in date, you would be required to make the payment of the Security Deposit of $800 through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER as this remains the fastest means of receiving money here. House keys, House documents, security deposit payment receipt and hardcopy of signed lease agreement will be delivered to you via courier after payment has been confirmed. After the wire, you are to send to us the 10 digit(MTCN) NUMBER for confirmation of payment for proper verification. Contract agreement has been attached to this email. Review it, sign and email back to me along with security deposit payment confirmation numbers.

Below is my information required for the payment .

Receiver's Info..

Name: Mary Dunn.
Address: 355 Springfield Road Chelmsford, Essex, CW2 6AW, United Kingdom.
Amount: $800
MTCN: Awaiting

The package containing the house keys and house documents will be delivered to your present house address as stated in the rental application form; 2474 Coastline Court Unit 101, Murrells Inlet SC 29576. Please do confirm your house address for error. Its 11:45am here and I have already arranged the package for delivery so if the arrangement is okay with you, I will send the package today to your present house address immediately after confirming your payment.

Here are the contents of the Package.
1) Paper/Permanent house form
2) Payment receipts
3) Copy of house documents file

Once again Luiz, we are renting this house to you on trust. As soon as I confirm your security deposit payment package will be sent to your present house address ASAP. I believe my wife and I have made the right choice deciding to rent to you and am looking forward to meeting you by April. Kindly state your exact move in ate in March so I can state on your lease agreement. If the arrangement is not okay by you, be kind to let us know so we can give other clients a chance for the house. I will be taking the kids for shopping later this afternoon so I wont be available to check my email but my husband will call you as soon as he can.

Best Regards,
Mary A Dunn,
+447031850015.

I believe I am dealing with the same person. She goes by Susan Perry and is using Madrid, Spain now.
here is a couple of our e-mails:

Hello Arminda,

The house is available for move in at the moment at a monthly rent of $850(utilities included) and security deposit of $850 (Refundable After Lease period , as long as there are no damages on property after inspection). For immediate move in you would be required to make a total payment of $1,700 but if you are not moving in Immediately, you would be required to make a down payment of $850 for the security deposit Non- negotiable, to hold property till desired move-in date.Details of the house is below;


Rent: $850.
Security Deposit: $850.
3Bedrooms, 2Bathroom.
Single-Family Home.
Location: Kent WA 98031.
Street Address: 21232 127th Place Southeast
Pets Allowed: Cats and Dogs.
Size: 1,100sqft
Home available for immediate move in.



Lovely 1981 rambler with 3 bedrooms, 1.75 baths and a two car attached garage. Spacious corner lot and large yard backs to a greenbelt. Bright kitchen with new refrigerator and new dishwasher adjoins the large dining room. Living room with lots of windows and a cozy pellet stove.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

I had a couple of questions after that, but I applied for the house and then she sent me this:


Hi Arminda,

My husband and I have reviewed your filled Rental Application Form. We both had a little debate about your application considering all factors but at the tail end I was able to convince him that your application is modest enough and we do not have any reason to doubt either your ability to take care of the property or be on-time with payments. I'm happy to let you know that we have hereby accepted your application and also giving you the opportunity to rent our property and live in it as long as you have stated in the rental application or even more depending on how our relationship in the future as property owner - tenant is being maintained. The home is in a good shape so you do not have to worry about that. Washer and dryer are available in the house. There's also a refrigerator and microwave in the kitchen. It now remains your duty to take care of our home like it was your own. In case of damages, you will be responsible for repairs while the total charges incurred in fixing the damage will be deducted from the next month's rent and the balance paid to us.

We have prepared the Lease Agreement and attached to this mail. Though we will let you move in by last weekend in January as you intend, we've made the monthly rent to start from 1st February. You are to read through the lease document carefully and if the lease condition is okay by you, then sign on the Lease agreement, scan and email back to us. My husband will sign on the lease once we've received it, and package it alongside house keys to be mailed to your present address as indicated on the rental application form. We would be coming back by first week of April as my husband would be on vacation. We would come around visiting and make our first inspection of the place.

As you have stated in your rental application, you intend moving in last weekend of January, so we would require you to make the payment of the Security Deposit of $850. We are currently working on having a local joint account were monthly rents will be paid into. You are to make the payment of deposit through western union money transfer, as this remains the fastest means of receiving money here. House keys, house documents, payment receipts and hardcopy of signed lease agreement will be delivered to you via courier after payment has been confirmed. After the wire, you are to send to us the 10 digit(MTCN) NUMBER for confirmation of payment.
Below is my information required for the payment .

Receiver's Info.

Name: Susan Perry.
Address: Diego De Leon 46 28006 Madrid, Spain.
Amount: $850

The package containing the keys and house documents will be delivered to your present house address as stated in the rental application form; 2724 W. Sahuaro Dr. Apt 13-104, Phoenix AZ 85029. Do confirm your house address for error and let me know. If the arrangement is okay with you, I will send the package to your present house address immediately after confirming your payment.

The package to be mailed to you will contain the following:
1) Entrance and the rooms Keys
2) Paper/Permanent house form
3) The house documents file

Once again Arminda, we are renting this house to you on trust, and will go ahead to send you house keys and house documents once we've received the deposit. We would be expecting you to pay the first month's rent before your move-in, though house keys must have got to you before then. As soon as I confirm your security deposit payment, package will be sent to your present house address. Be kind to let us know if the arrangement is not okay by you so that we can give other interested renters the chance to rent our house. I will call you as soon as I can. I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Susan.

Thank you for what you posted. There was a red flag when she asked me to wire money to Madrid, but when I saw your post I was convinced that this is a scam. I contacted the county. They do not own the house.