Room for Rent and other rental scams
by student Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:49 pm
Martin Vrances wrote:

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in my apartment located in 611 University Dr, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. The apartment is in excellent condition and it's just like in the pictures, very clean and very well taken. Honestly from point of view I'm sure that you will rent it on spot. I'm not looking to make a business or a profit with the apartment, I'm just trying to find a good and trust person to take good care of the place. The apartment has 2 bedroomsand 1 bathroom. It is furnished but if you want you can use your furniture and deposit mine in the storage unit that is located near the building not far away. The rent is 780CAD with everything included (heat, hydro, water, electricity, cable and internet, 2 parking spots, laundry in-suite, washer and dryer). You will have full access to all the amenities of the building. Pets are allowed. I stayed in the apartment with my wife for 3 months. I'm a civil engineer and I work for a company that has an auction for a project in construction in London, United Kingdom, so my accommodation period in England will be about 4 years. Everything in the apartment is new so there will be no need for repairs. The only problem is that I need to send you the keys and papers because it is a private property and I'm sure we can make this happen.

Thank you and look forward hearing from you

email #2

Thank you for your reply. As I told you before the rent for 1 month will be 780CAD with no extra fees and you will have full access to all the amenities of the building. The price will not increase for the whole period that you will stay there. I would also like to know how many people will live in the apartment and also which rental contract do you prefer- 6 months rental contract with option of renewal or 1 year rental contract with option of renewal. The monthly payments can be wired to my Bank Account (TD Bank) or we can setup a payment method that is suitable for both of us. The apartment is in excellent condition, you only need to receive the keys and the contract so you could check it out, and see if you like it. Since at this moment I'm in London, United Kingdom and obviously we need a safe way to complete this deal.The solution is a worldwide third party company called CLICKANDBUY (www.clickandbuy.com) ,they will provide assistance in handling the payment and delivery of the rental package. With this procedure you will be able to check the apartment before I receive the payment. Please be aware that is NOT necessary for you to register with ClickandBuy given that I'm a registered user for 4 years and I've made over 30 transactions with them so far. They are really professional and they have great services.
My phone number is +442032868341 (if you are calling from Canada you need to dial 011-44-20-32868341). You can call me or e-mail anytime you wish.
Let me know if you are interested so I can provide with all the steps of this transaction, everything that you need to know about this process before we get this started. I think is right for both of us.

This is a fraud.
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by WavyHubies Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:13 pm
Martin Vrances is a scamming no good human being!
I've been talking to this person since yesterday and I knew right away it was too good to be true. First give away was the fact his rent was cut in half compared to other places in Saskatoon right now.(with all utilities included) This is the email address he was using with me: [email protected]. Out of curiosity I went for a drive last night and stopped in at the Broadway Apartment building on University Drive. In the lobby this guys name wasn't anywhere to be found. I knew it was a scam right away when the second email came in and he didn't answer and of my questions... ever. The best thing to do is fill out a report on this guy with the Police. What doesn't make sense is why are people sending someone money on a rental unit when they haven't even seen it with their own eyes. There is one thing about getting scammed. But it's an other thing when your just plain dumb about it. Everyone is Saskatoon is just like me though. Looking for a nice place to rent that's cheap for once! Prices around here are getting ridiculous. So I can see how it would be easy to get dragged into this guys bags of tricks!
by WavyHubies Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:27 pm
Oh by the way... the last email from "Martin" was I could call him any time. Did you try calling him? And what happened there if you did? Just wondering?
by Tamber Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:41 am
Ha, I've been in conatact with the same guy, same emails, everything! How original. I did not call him however he did call me from that number, he was quite hard to understand definately NOT Canadian or British.
by Jules5055 Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:54 pm
I also got the same 1st reply yesterday and the same 2nd reply today. Darn, that's too bad because I really got my hopes up. Thank you for posting this info!!!!

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