Rental Scammer Information- Jessica Kirby

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Room still available??

Jessica Kirby

When you hit reply it goes to: [email protected]

Another email address for this one:

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Room still available??


Jessica kirby

Wow, and other.

This same jerk is really blowing up my spam box.


[email protected]


Thanks for getting back to me ... My name is Jessica Kirby (Female),I am 24yrs
old,I am fun loving, personal, friendly,clean, caring,and respectful
of others.a non-smoker, don't do drugs, i drink occasionally,and drama
free.I graduated last year in France, I am single and have no
children ...i do bible study, and sometimes we do karaoke night with
my roommate! i go to church every Sunday. I am coming for my Masters
degree. i am from USA,specifically Hawaii, I was born in Honolulu in
Hawaii,my dad is from there too but my mum is from Spain...I went to
Chaminade University of Honolulu in Hawaii.I speak both English and
Spanish fluently ,am presently on research work at Hawaii, and almost
done with that bcos its part of my prerequisite for my masters in
Microbiology . I would have loved to call you but this is a remote
area calls is hard to go through from here and i don't want to waste
much time .Am really interested in renting from you or to be your
roomie and i do really love pets but i don't have any at the moment.I
would have loved to see it but am very far,but with pictures,I am
glad. I will also like you to tell me more about you and if you have
garage or parking space cos I will have my own car come over, pls let
me know the total payment of the place and more over I will send your
email to my dad for him to email you later bcos he is the one that
will be paying the bills but nevertheless,I will like you to send me
your

1.....Full Name to write on the check
2.....Full Physical address to post the check(P.O box never accepted)
3.....City, State and Zip Code
4.....Home Phone to contact you
5.....Cell Phone to contact you


so that my Dad will issue out the payment for the place as soon as
possible,with that you can hold on the place for me till i come. I
will be looking forward to your email soonest.

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The room still available??

She just sent this same email to me today.

What is trying to achieve other than bothering people?

It's an overpayment scam.

The scammer wants to "reserve" the room by sending you a check (supposedly from "her" dad).
The check will be more than the cost of the rent.
The scammer will ask you to cash it, and send part of the money to "her" mover, furniture provider, whatever; or an emergency will come up and "she" will have to cancel. In either situation, the idea is that you will cash the check, and send the cash to someone by an untraceable service such as Western Union or Moneygram.

In reality, the scammer (who is probably a young African male) is sending a fake check, or one written on a phished/stolen bank account. If it is done well, the bank will not recognize it as fraudulent immediately, and by law, they will have to allow you to withdraw cash in a few days. The scammer counts on the fact that most people think that receiving cash means the check has cleared. In reality, that's not true. If the bank discovers in the following weeks to months that the check is fraudulent (for example, the real account owner discovers withdrawals he did not authorize)--they can take the money back from you, charge you a whole lot in fees (especially if it causes your account to be seriously overdrawn) , and even have you arrested for fraud. The scammer, who never gave you any real information about himself, will just walk away with the cash and be untraceable.