by Michelle
Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:00 pm
Da: alice watson <[email protected]>
A: Michelle Banks
Inviato: Giovedì 12 Gennaio 2012 19:55
Oggetto: RE: Double room, Clapham Common area
Dear Michelle,
I am pleased to offer furnished double bedroom in a flat share. However, the flat comprises of Kitchen fully furnished (washing machine, microwave, kettle, fridge, table, cutlery, plates)
Central heating
It's a really cosy flat
The location: Caldervale Road, Clapham Common, London SW4 9LY
The room:
Bright room newly decorated, with wardrobe, drawers, desk, chair.
Wood floor it’s really warm in winter!
Double glazed, double bed, chest of drawers, computer desk.
New Flat TV 32” with more than 100 Channels.
The Price:
Room : (£100 pw) all bills included, (electricity, gas, council tax, broadband internet)
Refundable security deposit: £400
Kindly reply for further information.
I look forward to your reply soon.
Kind Regards
Alice Watson
Da: alice watson <[email protected]>
A: Michelle Banks
Inviato: Venerdì 13 Gennaio 2012 11:35
Oggetto: RE: Double room, Clapham Common area
Dear Michelle
Thanks for getting back to me. Regarding to your question, yu will be sharing the flat with a clean, sociable and polite male professional. However, it was unfortunate that my past bitter experience of inviting people to come and view my flat without any form of confirmation of their financial ability and not keeping up to time as at when scheduled, has brought about great loss to me. I have traveled all the way from Ireland to take some interested candidates round my flat because that's where i work.
Some outside tenants do not have the money to pay the rent and yet they disturb the landlord to arrange a viewing with their friend or relative who are in London, also some do not meet up with the appointments which has led to the dismissal of some landlords in office by their employers.
Henceforth my lawyer and i have decided to carry out a simple test on financial ability to pay for my rent before coming for viewing. I would not ask you to send your bank statement. At least 1 month rent and security deposit of £400 which is refundable after your stay in my flat, would be required from you to transfer through Western union money transfer. You can make the transfer with your name as a sender name and your partner or friend in UK as the receiver.
Once you have done this, scan the receipt to me and if you do not have scanner, you may write out the details on the receipt as i will send it to my lawyer to verify if it's truly genuine and available in your friend's custody, after verification, then we can proceed for the viewing.
Note that the transfer must be confirmed valid before the receiver picks up the money and also, i will refund back to you the cost of transfer when we meet.
Kindly reply if you have more questions to ask.
I look forward to reading from you.
Kind Regards
Alice
The thief will tell you that you can rent his accommodation only if you can prove that you have genuine interest. He will ask you send money by wire transfer (normally Western Union) to yourself or a member of the family to show that you have sufficient finances and that you are not a "time waster".
Another variation of this scam is that you need to send (by Western Union) money in order that the keys and other documents can be couriered to you
He will ask you to send him the transfer details.
Make no mistake ! Western Union Transfers can be picked up virtually anywhere in the world and with the minimum of identification. They are almost impossible to trace once the money has been collected. You will never get to see the accommodation or your money 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 Gumtree or similar listing sites. If you receive any requests from 'Landlords' asking for some kind of payment by Western Union 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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