Rental Scammer - [email protected]

On 25 Jan 2012, at 20:28, Kelly Stone <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello,

Thanks for the interest shown in my flat. The room is available and am fine with you visiting the room and moving in on the date of your arrival. I would be glad to have you around as my flat mate and i believe we would get along well.

It's a three bedroom apartment and you'll be having a room to yourself room which has it's own bathroom and toilet for your personal use that would suit any single person or professional person specific need a Central heating and Electric fans, Wall wardrobe. Rooms has internet services,table&desk, telephone, and. there is a WiFi services, extra towels and plenty of dresser space.

My flat is located at Cleveland St ,Westminster, London W1T 6PW, UK and the nearest tube station is Regent Park st/Great Portland st. Tube station and Russel square garden st. Tube station which is just a 3minutes to my door step. The apartment is in an excellent Central London location ,famous garden squares but at the same time close to sights and attractions.

The rent is 86.00pounds a week or 344.00pounds a month which includes all council tax/bills like gas,electricity,water,internet,central heat,cleaner and you would not have to pay extra bill and a security deposit of 300pounds is required which would be refunded back to you in full upon moving into the flat.

You would be sharing the flat with me. Am 28 years old English Female. I work with an Financial company. I am nice and friendly to be with. I hope you are also friendly too. I have had various international room mates in the past and we really got along well. Am looking for a flat mate that's looking for a place to call home and you might just be the perfect room mate for me and i believe i would not regret it

If you think these suit what you want, i would want you to send the following information to me so that i can forward them to my Attorney so that they can be included in the Agreement/Contract papers that would be prepared for us.

Full name-
Current address-
Exact move-in date-
Duration of stay-

I wish you a nice time and i look forward to reading from you soon with the information as it would be great to have you in the flat. I would also want you to confirm your interest in renting the room so that we can move ahead from there and conclude plans.

Cheer,
Kelly

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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.