Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Con Warner Wed May 16, 2012 5:06 pm
From: Eric Ramirez
To: Con Warner
Subject: $600 / 2br - 1150ft² - Single Family Home For Rent (Houston, TX)

Thanks so much for getting back to me regards to my available home for rent, I'm sorry for the lateness reply because i was little busy in the office here and I have an hard time to check my email. The house is still available but presently I'm not around, I was looking for an quick responsible tenant that can rent and take very good care of the house and treat as own for me as soon as possible he/she move in. Please note that, we are a kind and honest family, that spent a lot on property that is available for rent, so in one accord, we are soliciting for your absolute maintenance of this house and want you to treat it as your own. We want you to keep it tidy all the time so that we shall be glad to see it whenever we are around on a visit. You can drive by to view the surroundings of the house at your convenient time and get back to me. Kindly get back to us with the rental application form and your picture so that we can see how neat you are before we rent out our home for you.

Attn : The rent are including the Utilities are intact such as Dishwasher,Dryer, Electric Stove, Fridge, Washer,Air Condition,Sewage,Trash, all included in the monthly rent, as i am in a governmental programmer that sponsors my utilities on monthly basis etc.

SO IF YOU ARE REALLY INTERESTED I WILL WANT YOU TO FILL THE RENTAL APPLICATION FORMS BELOW.

RENT APPLICATION FORM AND TELL US MORE ABOUT YOU .

1) Your Full Name 2A) Home Phone ? 2B) Cell Phone Number ? 3) Your Full Address : 4) How old are you? 5a) Are you married? 5b) How many people will be living in the house? 6a) Do you have a pet? 6b) What type 7a) Do you have a car? 7b) What type? 8) Occupation? 9) Do you smoke? 10) Do you Drink ? 11) Do you work at Night ? 12) What is your monthly income? 13) Type of Account? 14) Reference Contact Name and Address? 15) When do you intend Moving in? 16) private email : 17) When can you pay for your deposit to secure or move in? 18) How many Months lease you want to Sign?

Looking forward to hear from you with all this details so that we can have it our file in case of issuing the receipt for you and contacting you.. Await your prompt reply so that we can discuss on the rental terms and agreement, please we are renting the house to you base on trust and again i will want you to stick to your words. So please do not let us down in maintaining this our property and God bless you more as you do this.

House Address: 722 W Temple St Houston, TX 77009-5308

All Pets Allow : Dog , Cat , Fish.

Monthly Rent : $600 Deposit : $500 ------------------------------Total Move in : $1100 ------------------------------

You can reach me on 011-234-7083323485.

Thanks and you are welcome.


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.

Email: [email protected]

Latest updates regarding Internet Fraud: http://www.antifraudnews.com
Advertisement

by ericramirez Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:08 am
So i started receiving mail at my home for someone else and had a few visitors asking if I was renting. I did searches on the web for my address and nothing ever came up. I didn't put it together until I got a letter saying someone placed rental insurance on my house. I made some phone calls and got the number of the person that placed the policy and explained to her she's been scammed. Con artist found my house on the web, looked up the owner of the house (me), and used my name when renting to people.

Please be careful out there folks, don't send money to strangers, even if they have wealthy relatives that need to send money to the US from Africa.

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: ClaudeBot and 14 guests