by Michelle
Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:32 pm
From: paul Rutledge <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 8:51 PM
Subject: APPLICATION APPROVED
To: Michelle Banks
Thanks very much for your reply and also I can see your willingness in my house.anyway I have decided to let you live in our house. However, if you are ready to rent the house ASAP that will be no problem, but we will advise you to provide the $1000 for you to move in as soon as possible and $400 for security deposit,making $1400, for you to secure the house,but when you make the payment today your monthly rent will start by March 15th, and also we will send the keys and documents of the house to you via the FEDEX to the address you sent to me and the tracking number will be sent to you. Please once again,we are giving you this on trust PLEASE do not disappoint us, and I promise you will love the house. the below documents are here with me, These are the contents of the documents.
1) Entrance and the rooms Keys
2)Paper/Permanent house form(Containing your reference details)
3)The house documentary file.
4)Payment Receipt.
5)Full address and description of the house
6)Additional papers for insurance on utilities in the house E.T.C
So l will like you to get back to me so that l can send you the info on how you will send the money to me via western union so that when you make the payment today you will receive the package by tomorrow at your home address or your work address. Enabling you to move in as soon as possible and note that all what you need to move in is inside the package so you have nothing to worry about. all what we need from you is to keep your promise of taking good care of our home. and when you settle down fully, l will ask my wife to come down to the state so that she will see you to know how you are taking care of our home. she can also receive rent from you. and if she likes everything as we want, you can rent our home as many years as you want..... So get back to me so that l can send you the info and we can finalize everything today ....You can call me on my number +234-708-384-8701 OR 011-234-708-384-8701 I await your reply ASAP.
God Bless You.
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.
