Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Michelle Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:06 pm
El 17 de marzo de 2012 14:25, KRIS MINOR <[email protected]> escribió:
Hi,

Attached to this email are more pictures. A very large 2 double bedrooms available now in a large and cosy house (3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms), with a big living room, kitchen with a dishwasher, plenty of storage room, washing machine, wireless internet. All furnished with a bed, double wardrobe, chest of drawers..

This double bedrooms comes with en-suites, move in available immediately for in this beautifully renovated 3 bedroom cosy house. Fully furnished, separate living room and kitchen.

Address: St Pancras, London, N1 9BP. 34 & 36 Northdown Street.

A description about me - I'm 24 years old, and working in the city center. I'm outgoing and sociable, and hoping to find friendly, interesting, fun and tidy people to live with. I tend to spend a few evenings in the week and parts of the weekend at home. I'm relaxed, easy going and more than happy to open a bottle of wine in the evening. I'm an ambitious cook with varying success, and enjoy having friends round for drinks.

THE PRICE OF THE ROOM INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING 10 BILLS!: 1) YOUR OWN SKY WORLD PACKAGE WITH ALL SKY CHANNELS I. E. 500+ SKY CHANNELS INCLUDING ***ALL MOVIE CHANNELS*** AND SPORTS CHANNELS IN YOUR OWN PRIVATE ROOM! WOW... (2) SUPER FAST HIGH SPEED WiFi WIRELESS INTERNET BROADBAND (3) GAS BILL (4) ELECTRIC BILL (5) WATER BILL (6) TV LICENSE (7) COUNCIL TAX (8) CLEANING MATERIALS (9) A PROFESSIONAL CLEANER comes in once a week to clean the communal areas. (10) CORDLESS BT PHONE LANDLINE for incoming calls plus use of freephone numbers etc...

Price/Rates and requirements for the rooms: (i) For a single person: 110pounds/week (440pounds/calendar month) rent including 10 bills & council tax. (ii) For a couple or Friends: 130pounds/week (520pounds/calendar month) (iii) 1 Calendar month rent in advance and a refundable security deposit of £880 (iv) Minimum lease is 1 month /No DSS and Pet please.

House Facilites and Features: Central heating and double glazed windows in all rooms, New fully fitted kitchen with breakfast bar and stools, 2 large fridge-freezers, plus usual kitchen appliances e. g. microwave, toaster, kettle etc, Washing machine/dryer, 2 toilets, 2 showers, 3 basins, 24hr hot water, Separate Kitchen Units (with Locks) and separate Fridge/Freezer areas, Luxury Marble tiles in Kitchen/WC/Shower rooms, Real Wooden Kitchen Table/Units.

Room Features: (i) Room has Own Garden Access (ii) LCD Wall Bracketed TV PLUS DVD PLUS SKY BOX! WOW... (iii) Newly decorated – High quality WOODEN Laminate, curtains, painted etc. (iv) Double hybrid Wooden/Metal Bedstead with Luxury Orthopedic Mattress (v) Wardrobe (vi) 1 Folding Table (vii) 1 Stool (viii) 1 Bedside Cabinet (IX) Soft table Lamp. (X) 5 Draw Chest, Stylish Leather Chair, Oak Desk, Wall hung full length mirror, Room door has Lock & Key system with self-enclose.

Local Amenities: Town center/shopping area, supermarkets, banks, post office etc. are within a few minutes walk.

Waiting to read back from you.

Kris.


Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:26:49 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: Move in Arrangement.
To: Michelle Banks

Hello,

I am sorry for getting back to you so late. I went to the city for your residence approval and your tenancy form has been reviewed and accepted, and the council has accepted that the room should be rented out to you and your partner with a residence approval, so you are require to Pay the security deposit and a month rent now, Note that the security deposit is refundable immediately after your period of stay if there is no damage of property by you. What you are to do is to look for the nearest western union outlet and make the payment of the security deposit and a month rent of £1,040 . Kindly make the deposit to the below information.

Receivers Name: Kris Minor
Receivers Address: 34 & 36 Northdown Str, St Pancras, London, N1 9BP, England.

Once the transfer has been made, kindly email me back with the below info.

Senders Name:
Senders Address:
Mtcn confirmation #:
Amount to be Sent: £1,040

Kindly email me with the above info once the deposit has been made so that you receipt can be issued out on time today. But if you are not conformatable using western union i can email you with my Barclays bank account info for the payment.

Expecting your reply.

Thanks

Kris.


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.
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