Scam or not?

Quick background story. Me and my family (of three) are moving to the UK on the 14th of May. Urgently looking for accommodations I figured I have nothing to lose by putting up a Wanted ad on Gumtree. So I did, yesterday and have received two replies so far.

One from a person calling himself Willie Chris (using address: [email protected]), but it felt like such an obvious scam that a quick reverse image search and look here revealed their true nature. Thanks, but no thanks buddy.

But then I got an a reply from a Annie Jerkins ([email protected]) that also seems to good to be true. The pictures (I couldn't figure out how to attach them) are well-lit and professionally taken, very suspicious to me. The address given with the instruction for walking distance to Earl's Court doesn't add up.

Yet, the spelling and grammar is (at least to me) much better than scams usually are. Reverse image searching her pictures didn't reveal them anywhere else. So I'm posting here in hopes that someone might be able to shed some more light on the situation. Here's her email and the header for it:

Hello,

I am delighted to tell you that my flat boast a secured parking space and bike storage with Access to local amenities.


(ROOM): Tastefully furnished Double bedroom with modern interior, chest of drawer wardrop separate bathroom and kitchen.

(LOCATION): Rosendale Road, West Dulwich SE21 8DY

(central London zone 1-2) 5-10 minutes walk to Earl's Court underground station (District and Piccadilly lines), shops, buses, High Street Kensington and Holland Park, within walking distance to Gloucester Road and South Kensington.

(RENT PER MONTH): £ 500.00
All bills inclusive.( water, gas, council tax, TV license and wireless Internet)

(Refundable security deposit) : £ 400

Nice-to-haves:

Gas: central heating
wi-fi internet
phone
Washing machine
Steam Shower & Whirlpool Bath
Microwave
kitchen utensils
Dish washer
refrigerator.


Kindly reply for further information.

Regards
Mrs Annie Jerkins

Delivered-To: **myemailaddress**
Received: by 10.220.202.132 with SMTP id fe4csp35879vcb;
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Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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X-Originating-IP: [41.155.56.165]
From: Annie Jerkins <[email protected]>
To: <**myemailaddress**>
Subject: RE: In response to your response
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 22:40:59 +0100
Importance: Normal
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That message came from a Nigerian dialup line. It's a scam. Good on you for posting headers!

$ jwhois 41.155.56.165
inetnum: 41.155.56.0 - 41.155.56.255
netname: STARCOMMS-20081218
descr: Dial pool subnet for Lagos subscribers
country: NG

Wow, that was quick. Thank you so very much. I here I thought I was smart, how did you figure that out?

I looked for an IP address with an obvious first byte

I not entirely sure what that means, but thanks for enlightening me anyway.

This one should probably be added to the Rental Scams sections, I searched there before posting but couldn't find any references to this Annie Jerkins, their email address, or keywords from their text. Should I add it myself, or how do I go about making sure no one gets scammed by this person?

You can add it there, but now that you've posted here, it's already findable.

I got an email from williechris today, glad this thread was here to confirm my suspicions.

Reverse image searches showed the photos were from a house in a different city and an amazon page for dining room furniture.