by Con Warner
Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:14 pm
From: [email protected]
Subject: RE: $500 / 1br - great 1 Bed unit in the heart of Lincoln Park (Lincoln Park)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:11
Thanks for your email and it is my gladness hearing from you. i am Reverend Allan Abarca the owner of the place you are making inquiry about. Actually I resided in the place with my family,my wife and my only daughter before and recently we packed out due to my transfer from my Missionary work and now situated in La-Grange, Kentucky and presently the place is still available for rent and the price include the hydro, Heat laundry facilities, Air condition, Internet access,gas, water and electricity and so on also it is well fully furnished and I will like you to get in touch with my wife for more discussion as she is with the keys and the document to the house..
Please i want you to note that I am a kind and honest man and i spent a lot on the property, so i will solicit for your absolute maintenance of this place and i would be glad and happy if you to treat it as yours and its not the rent deposit that matters but to keep it tidy all the time so that we will be glad to see it neat when we come for a check up because we do that once in a while,
I hope you understand and Please a special notice : Please note that there's none of us to show you the place for now we would have to send you the keys through DHL courier service on a next day delivery to your house.
If you are ok with this please email my wife Mrs. Angela Abarca on ([email protected]) and she will attend to you better with more information and pictures.( please note that she is a deaf woman so e-mails is the only way to communicate with her )
Thanks hope to read from you soon,
Reverend Allan Abarca.
This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union or MoneyGram with a promise that you can have the keys to a property that does not belong to him.
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.
