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From: just You <[email protected]>
Date: May 3, 2012 11:11
To: Con Warner
Subject: Re: $800 / 3br - Lovely 3 BR/3 Level Spacious St Paul Townhome Available June 1st! (Saint Paul MN)


Hello,

Thanks for the mail.the house is still available for rent,The house was completely renovated when i and my family is still living in the house easy access to Public Transportation.The Bedroom house is equipped with everything you can need for your stay: fully equipped kitchen, Refrigerator, Microwave,Gas Range,Dishwasher, Garbage Disposal, Hood Over Range, Granite Counter,living room with Cable/Satellite TV,High Speed Internet Access Available,washing machine.. bedrooms, bath. and large living room with appliances including in-suite washer and dryer, Electric heating, Wall Furnaces .

3bedrooms and 2baths
Address:285 Lexington Parkway South, Saint Paul MN 55105
Terms and conditions:
Monthly rental payment:$800
utilities included
Refundable Security deposit:$500
min rental: 1 month

maximum rental: 6 year + or more.
Furthermore,I was the one staying in the house before I left the city on a duty transfer to west Africa.,and the house had been there without anybody living in it,so I now need somebody to rent my house while I am away. I look for a reputable agent that will take a very good care of the house while we are away but could not found any so we left with the house keys and document when leaving. If you will be the right tenant to our house, we will get the keys and documents of the house sent to you via courier services as soon as all terms are settled. I will be online through out to get back to you as soon as you are able to get back to me. I would want to know how soon you would want to move in as I will be taking a 1 month plus refundable security deposit upfront payment all to be $1300 to move in to the house including all the utilities there. I am asking for $800 and I believe we should be
able to help ourselves. I am accepting $800 because I want you to take a very good care of the house while I am away.. I am looking forward to hear from you ASAP so that we can have the keys and papers sent to you via FedEx or ups e.t.c, also are you ready to rent it now or when? Await your reply. The good Lord has been good to me, I am paying him back with my missionary call.
Regards.

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This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union, MoneyGram or bank transfer with a promise that you can have the keys to a property that does not belong to him.

Sounds safe. It's not!

At other times, he will ask for proof that you are able to pay the deposit and rent due to a string of time wasters.
This proof is in the form of a Western Union or MoneyGram payment to a lawyer,a friend or family member.

In either case, if payment is made and you give this person the details, they will collect the money.
You will not hear from them 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 Craigslist, Gumtree or similar listing sites. If you receive any requests from 'Landlords' asking for some kind of payment 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.

I am so glad that I discovered this site. I had the inkling that the response I received to my CL ad was bogus, but I was just hoping so very desperately that it was legit. My family and I *really* need to get into a nice home in Plano and, of course, this one seemed just perfect. Almost *too* perfect.

I thought that, before I went to the address, I'd check it out a bit. I mean, the grammar in the response email was horrid. The reply was too quick. It *screamed* scam. I was still hoping, though.

But now that I've seen that I received the EXACT SAME MESSAGE as, apparently, hundreds of other people... Well, the rest is self-explanatory. I'm glad that my good sense kept me from falling for the bull, but am even more glad that I have come across THIS... Simple and clear confirmation of my suspicions. Thank you for this information and for this site. I shall return in the future.

Best,

Kara

P.S.- I know that this is a proper and real address. I plan on visiting the home and seeing who, if anyone, lives there. If it is happily inhabited (as I'm guessing it will be), then I will be happy to let them know that someone is using their address and photos in a nefarious manner. Were I the owner of this home, I'd like to know wtf wasw going on. Thanks again for your great work. You've saved me a huge headache. xoxo

Welcome to ScamWarners. If you do decide to visit the home, which I recommend you do not do, don't be surprised if you get a chilly reception from the residents.

Scammers often take advertisements from real homes which are for rent, so you are not likely to be meeting the owner. You are more likely to meet a renter. If you do talk to the person they will probably be frustrated because there is nothing they can do to stop the information from being used by scammers.

Once something is put on the internet, it can travel around the world hundreds of tiems per second. Scammers do share information at times and there is no way to stop them from using the data.

Please be careful on the internet and in person. What you see as positive, someone else may take as an affront.