by Michelle
Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:18 pm
From: Home Lovee [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 6:33 PM
To: Michelle Banks
Subject: RENTAL APPLICATION ACCEPTED....CALL ME AS SOON AS YOU CAN +234-808-751-1388
Hello responsible tenants, we can see your willingness in this House. I want you to know that I'm satisfied with your profile and also believe i can trust in you because i will not like to experience what i experienced from my last tenant again, i showed your profile to my wife and daughter,they said they are good with it. We have decided to let you live in our house. As we have found your application very satisfactorily and acceptable by my family. so we would want you to go through the acceptance form and get back to us on what you feel. I want you to give me a call so we can proceed in making out the Deposit fee to secure the home for you ok. We would like to send the following document to you via FED-EX to the address you sent to us and the tracking number will be sent to you so that you can possibly occupy our house, Please once again, we are giving you this on trust and do not disappoint us and i promise you that,you will need to make Payment for Rent deposit available for the shipment of the Keys and document to the address you have to provided to us.
Here are the contents of the document.
1) Entrance and the rooms Keys
2) Paper/Permanent house form
3) The house documentary file.
4) Full Description of the house and Address
5) Payment Receipt
6) Signed Lease Agreement Form you are supposed to also sign and get it sent back to me
So please do get back to me today so that I will let know the next step to take concerning securing our beautiful home for your family. Yes, the gas is included in my home and all utilities are included in the rent, like i told you in my previous email there is no member of my family to show you round my home. You can call us on how to make payment for the shipment of the Keys and Document to the House. we seek the best tenant and we hope you are the best family to rent our beautiful family home. you would be making the refundable security deposit available for viewing of the interior but you are allowed to drive by it and view it from the exterior, our phone number is +234-808-751-1388 (call or text anytime).. kindly Get back to me asap .
Thanks and God bless you,
Donald Lilley.
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.
