Room for Rent and other rental scams
by alexbell94 Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:26 am
Hey guys, i have also come across a rental 'too good to be true' HA now i feel so stupid wanting it to be real. This is what 'Mas Michael' has emailed me haha.
English is terrible, and the advertisment dissapeared the next day.. he was also emailing me off a mas19260gmail account.. hope this helps. :D

Thanks for choosing my apartment.
My name is Mas Michael and I'm the owner of the apartment,
My apartment is paid in full and with NO legal problem, I
am telling you this because with this financial crisis there are many
apartments with problems.

My Apartment Features Are:
Heater ,Central Heating ,Equiped Kitchen
Tv: Cable/Satellite TV ,Video/Stereo,Internet ,Air Conditioning

Address:610 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Vic 3004
Rent Per Week: $325 include all bills


Am current in west africa, Due to the nature of my job as a contractor,
I will be here for 2years and am here with my wife and my grand father . we
both bought the home when we got married. As soon as we settle down
here I had a thought of selling the home so I have to look for an
agent, after getting one, we got a deal but later my wife advised
against that. She said i should think about the future,
in other to keep our head when we return that we have to keep
the home. I reasoned with her and accepted her advise. So I contacted
the agent back and requested for my keys and documents. Later we
decided to have the home rent out, we would have give the same agent
this job also but the truth of the matter is that the agent would want
to handle it professionally and the occupant may not be able to reason
along with him later.

Kindly fill out the rent application form in the attach file if you are
still interested.

Thanks and i hope to read from you soon

AND then a second email.

As have said earlier,
My apartment is fully furnish and well equipt. I also want you to know
that am doing this whole thing based on trust and i hope am not going to
blame myself at the end. Be inform that the keys and documents will be
ship to the address you provided in your application form, so
please verify the address, before i register it with the shipping company,
the shipping company thay i will be using is DHL CURRIER SERVICE,
so let me know if you are okay with it. You will need to pay deposit of four weeks
before i can proceed with the shipment, because i need to include the rent receipt
and also pay the shipping company before they can proceed with the shipment, Once
again, i am giving you this on trust and do not disappoint me.I am
sure that you will love the apartment. The following documents are
here with me and will like to know whether you are ready for the
payment of four weeks rent rent now ,so that the documents can be
shipped to you as soon as possible.
Bellow are the content of the package you will receive
ENTRANCE and the ROOMS KEYS
PAPER/PERMANENT HOUSE FORM(CONTAINING YOUR REFERENCE
PAYMENT RECEIPT .

Please, note that you can request for a copy of my passport ID, for
your guarantee and proof of identiy.

So kindly get back to me if to proceed with the shipment and if to
forward you payment detail
Thanks and I hope to read from you soon.

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