I don't know if is it a scam! Can you help me?

His name is Leonhard Schill and his e-mail address is [email protected].


Thanks for your prompt response regarding my posted ad, let me take a little time to tell you something about myself, the apartment & its amenities, price and conditions to rent.

Details About:

My name is Leonhard Schill, I am a young professional. Currently working in London on a research program, so this makes me travel often which is the mere reason i just need someone (Students or Anybody working in a reputable organization to rent the rooms) with an open heart,love and clean to occupy the apartment and put all my worries off concerning the maintenance of the house, Since i am not residing there for now. I left behind some Facilities and electronics,air conditioning,alarm system. also i will like you to know that the rent charges is not really the issue, but your absolute maintenance of my apartment, because that is the only valuable property i have in Germany, and it also took me so much time and money to put all those facilities in place.


Here is the address to the apartment.
Dircksenstraße 44
10178 Berlin,
Germany.

The Apartment rent is 400 EUR Monthly + 600 EUR refundable security deposit making the total 1,000 EUR.

NB: The security deposit is refundable upon verification of the room which you rented to be in good order. There is contract available for weekly, month to month and long term basis but if you want a long term rent.

If you are still interested in renting the apartment, then get back to me soon with the following information's;

*Your Full Name:
*Your Full Address & Phone Number:
*How old are you?:
*Are you married?:
*Do you have a pet?:
*Do you have a car?:
*Occupation?:
*A copy of your International passport or Working identity as i will be sending you mine along with the contract documents?
*How many months contract will you Deposit?
*********** When will you Move in?
************ When will you Move Out?

Looking forward to hear from you with all this details.

Best Regards.

Your Faithfully

Leonhard S

Yes it is 100% scam.
Enter this part of the text to a Google search and you will see how large this scam is and the number of warnings.

put all my worries off concerning the maintenance of the house, Since i am not residing there for now. I left behind some Facilities and electronics,air conditioning,alarm system. also i will

Aside from the search, I can see very clear indications that this is written in African English. I won't go into details because we like our scammers to remain ignorant. Glad you asked and didn't send money in advance. All such requests for up front money, usually by Western Union or MoneyGram are scams regardless of the excuse or reason. Cut off all contact with this criminal and don't tell him what you know.

Thank you very much!

I have been contacted by the same person! Same email as the one in the above post, details about his person, occupation slightly different... He has also received a copy of my passport, is it very common that copies of passports are used by scammers in the future? Can I report him somewhere? I am really worried it will somehow lead to further problems!
Now his "lawyer" is trying to convince me and is spamming me to transfer the funds to his company - obviously via Western Union.

Hello mmech,

Please post the details that are differant. This will help others avoid this scammer. Scammers can sometimes reuse a victims passport to try and scam other victims. There is not really anything you can do to avoid this now that the scammer has it.

Best thing to do now is just ignore the scammer completely. Just delete the emails. Eventualy they will give up and go away.

Justin

Below the the email in question; as you can see now he calls himself Leo instead of Leonhard and he has changed profession > real estate instead of researcher; Hope this helps, and let me know if you are interested in the email from the lawyer too! Also, I couldn´t find him online immediately, because of Leo instead of Leonhard; once googled with full name I found your forum...

Dear XXX

How are you doing today and i hope you do have a wonderful night?

Thanks for your prompt response regarding my posted ad, let me take a little time to tell you something about myself, the apartment & its amenities, price and conditions to rent.

About me:

My name is Leonhard Sch ; I'm a Deutsch Citizen who has being working with a Real Estate and Civil Engineering Company in Germany since 2009. now I'm currently in London United Kingdom to execute a Kensal Rise, Kensal Green and Queen's Park Estate contract which could last me six month or probably a year. all i just need is person either student or individual who is ready to maintain the beauty of the apartment Since i am not residing there for now. I left behind some Facilities and electronics and a sony DVD player, air conditioning,alarm system. The kitchen is fully equipped with all necessary cooking utensils, a refrigerator-freezer, four-hob and oven, microwave,dishwasher and washing machine, My System connected with Internet Access also i will like you to know that the rent charges is not really the issue, but your absolute maintenance of my apartment, because that is the only valuable property i have in Germany, and it also took me so much time and money to put all those facilities in place.
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All services near by: metro, highway, banks, restaurants…
Asking Rent Price Per Month: 400 EUR
Security Deposit: 600 EUR
Total: 1,000 EUR

NB: The 600 EUR security deposit is refundable upon verification of the room which you rented to be in good order. There is contract available for weekly, month to month and long term basis but if you want a long term rent, i will prefer an initial 1-3 months rent which is renewable 2 weeks prior to the rent expiration.

So if you are interested in renting the flat, kindly get back to me by filling me with below details.

*Your Full Name:
*Your Full Address:
*Phone Number:
*How old are you?
*Are you married?
*Do you have a pet?
*Do you have a car?
*Occupation:
*The picture of the Tenant renting the house? (If available):
*How many months' rent deposit will you pay in advance?
*********** When will you Move in?
************ When will you Move Out?

Here is the address to the apartment.
45,Dircksenstraße,
D-10178, Berlin
Germany.

Looking forward to hear from you with all this details.

Best Regards.

Yours Faithfully

Leo