by Sofsof
Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:31 am
Hi everyone,
I am looking for a room in London and came across an interesting ad. So I asked for info.
I discovered this scam site because the second email I received from the "landlord"/"landlady" was asking for money, to be transfered through a bank account. I read a post about Mr/Mrs Sanchez being scammers (in 2010) so you may be delighted to hear that Mr/Mrs Sanchez are still operating on some websites on Feb 2012, this time under the name of Mabel Smith.
The "landlord" or landlady replied very quickly and here is the second email I received:
"Thanks for the reply and the sincere interest you have in my flat. I have spoken with my solicitor on phone just now concerning your stay in my flat and we both agreed to have you in my flat as long as you'll take good care of my flat as how it is.
However, it is unfortunate that my past bitter experience of inviting people to come and view or reserve 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 with M. Gould (Scunthorpe) Ltd.
Some tenants do not have the money to pay the rent and yet they disturb the 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 solicitor 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 which is £400 which is refundable after your 1 month stay in my flat, would be required from you to transfer through MoneyGram money transfer agent. You can make the transfer with your name as a sender name and your partner or friend in UK premises as a 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 solicitor to verify if it's truly genuine and available in your friend's custody, after verification, then we can proceed for the viewing and you can as well tell your friend or partner to pick up the money and also, i will refund back to you the cost of transfer when we meet.
I look forward to reading from you soon.
Regards
Mr/Mrs Smith"
So beware! Obviously, the pics on the site, and the location of the room were very attractive, but I always try to keep in mind that if it's too good to be true, it probably is.
I am looking for a room in London and came across an interesting ad. So I asked for info.
I discovered this scam site because the second email I received from the "landlord"/"landlady" was asking for money, to be transfered through a bank account. I read a post about Mr/Mrs Sanchez being scammers (in 2010) so you may be delighted to hear that Mr/Mrs Sanchez are still operating on some websites on Feb 2012, this time under the name of Mabel Smith.
The "landlord" or landlady replied very quickly and here is the second email I received:
"Thanks for the reply and the sincere interest you have in my flat. I have spoken with my solicitor on phone just now concerning your stay in my flat and we both agreed to have you in my flat as long as you'll take good care of my flat as how it is.
However, it is unfortunate that my past bitter experience of inviting people to come and view or reserve 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 with M. Gould (Scunthorpe) Ltd.
Some tenants do not have the money to pay the rent and yet they disturb the 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 solicitor 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 which is £400 which is refundable after your 1 month stay in my flat, would be required from you to transfer through MoneyGram money transfer agent. You can make the transfer with your name as a sender name and your partner or friend in UK premises as a 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 solicitor to verify if it's truly genuine and available in your friend's custody, after verification, then we can proceed for the viewing and you can as well tell your friend or partner to pick up the money and also, i will refund back to you the cost of transfer when we meet.
I look forward to reading from you soon.
Regards
Mr/Mrs Smith"
So beware! Obviously, the pics on the site, and the location of the room were very attractive, but I always try to keep in mind that if it's too good to be true, it probably is.
