Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: Robinson Cole - [email protected]
To: Con Warner
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 11:11
Subject: CityApartmentRentals - Question/Comment about your ad listing: Spadina Road

Hello,

Thanks for your interest in my apartment .The apartment is still available for rent and is available for long term/short term lease. I'm a Mechanical Engineer and just got a job with S & W Engineering Company in Manchester, England. I work as a Senior Project Supervisor and i will be here for long that is why am putting up my apartment for rent.

The apartment is located at: 2 Spadina Road Toronto ON M5R 2S7.

This unit is available as long as you want it.furnished 2bedroom/1bathroom apartment with living room, kitchen, and bathroom, laundry in the unit, hardwood floor, high ceilings, fish tank and storage space available, pets friendly apartment is strategically located in a very cool and lovely environment with many appliances including dish washer, parking space available, Professional and mature neighbors ensure peaceful living arrangements. Freshly painted.The rent is $800 per month including utilities and $500 for security deposit...I will like you to drive by to the building today to view the exterior of the building for you to know where the apartment is located and get back to me so that I can forward you the full interior pictures for you to have an idea on how beautiful and spacious the inside looks and we can proceed to the next step which is the application process..

Thanks for taking your time in writing me and hope to hear back from you.
Many thanks

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.

The same person obviously just tried this on me but with the new email of [email protected]. He had an ad on craigslist for a 2 bedroom apartment (downtown )with no photos. He gave the same lines about moving to Manchester for work. It is obviously bogus! Do not reply to this posting people!

$900 / 2br - 985ft² - Nice 2bedroom Apartment Available in Toronto (Toronto Downtown)

Date: 2012-07-11, 3:06AM EDT
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]

Nice 2bedroom Apartment Available in Toronto fully furnished with: Dishware, TV, Rogers Satellite system,High Speed Internet, Telephone, Fridge, Stove, Heat, Hydro, Parking, Laundry,Gas and many more
Contact for viewing and more details.
cats are OK - purrr
dogs are OK - wooof
Location: Toronto Downtown
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 3131963923

Same scam, same address, different place he claims to be living? Florida instead of Manchester? E-mail's anonymized from Craigslist.

Hello,
Thanks for your interest in my apartment, my apartment is available for rent, available for long term/short term lease, i am not in Toronto ON to show you my apartment in person, the reason why my apartment is up for rent is due to i got transferred from my place of work to Florida USA, i work as an engineer here and i will be here for long that is why am putting up my apartment for rent

The apartment is located at: 2 Spadina Road Toronto ON M5R2S7.

This unit is available as long as you want it. is a 2 bedroom/ 1 bathroom apartment with living room, kitchen, and bathroom, laundry in the unit, hardwood floor, storage space available, pets friendly apartment is strategically located in a very cool and lovely environment with many appliances including dish washer, parking space available, Professional and mature neighbors ensure peaceful living arrangements, the rent is $900 per month including utilities, I will like you to drive by to the building today to view the exterior of the building for you to know where the apartment is located and get back to me so that I can forward you the full interior pictures for you to have an idea on how beautiful and spacious the inside looks and we can proceed to the next step which is the application process..
Thanks for taking your time in writing me and hope to hear back from you.
Many thanks