Rental Scammer- [email protected]

Thanks nturan91 for your post!

I've been emailing with a "Mariarosa Bova" (email [email protected]) about an apartment in Geneva and the last message that I got was:

Thank you for your fast response,the apartment is available and very clean as you can see the pictures,its fully furnished,the interior and exterior are excellent and you have access to a parking space in case you're coming with your car and there is off street parking as well,I'm laid back,easygoing,matured,understanding,I'm also looking for the same in my flatmate and i respect my job,i work until late night,so i only stay home on Sunday.i respect others privacy,so you have no problem living with me at all,i will be so happy to have you as my flatmate because I'm currently living alone in the apartment but I'm currently on a special duty in Zurich for 2weeks,so i have no time to meet or show you around this is the reason i sent you the exact pictures and everything about the flat.
never mind i can reserve the room for you till your arrival date since there is a perfect procedure that we both have to undergo before you can proceed with the payment.

However if you really have interest in renting the apartment just let me have your FULL NAME,YOUR EXACT MOVE INN DATE,YOUR DEPARTURE DATE,YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS AND A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR ID CARD OR passport,So that i can quickly instruct our family lawyer to prepare the tenant agreement form for you,to see the terms and condition of the contract and if you are okay with the terms and condition then you can proceed with the first month rent and the security deposit to my mother bank account so that the room could be fully reserved for you till your arrival date because there are a lot of people that also have interest in renting the room,but my mother prefer the most serious person who pay her first.,I've also attached my picture and a scan copy of my passport for you to see your future flatmate..
The signed Lease Contract will be send to you first through attached mail for you to read and understand,after which you will proceed with the payment,I'll now send you the original copy through a registered courier to your address for you to sign and bring along with you when moving in.
Have a nice day,Looking forward in hearing from you,attached is my picture and a copy of my passport for you to be sure I'm serious and wanting to rent out the room to you...
From from your future flatmate..
Mariarosa

So basically the same message you got and not even properly cut-and-pasted. She also sent me a picture that is supposed to be her and a copy of a passport...
So once again my suspicion of a scam was confirmed via Scamwarners. Won't be emailing "her" back anymore and will report her to the site she contacted me through (easywg.ch).

Hopefully this helps someone else to avoid a scam too!

Hello
Thank you for posting this, i been emailing same person i guess for couple of days now for an apartment in Boston. and the replies he/she sent you is exact same sent to me, although using different email address
[email protected]

also sent me a photo of her passport (or some poor girl passport) the real mariarosa Bova

i started to be suspicious when she asked that money to be sent to her mom via western union

Thank you for your fast response,the apartment is available and very clean as you can see the pictures,its fully furnished,the interior and exterior are excellent and you have access to a parking space in case you're coming with your car and there is off street parking as well,yes the room is double room and it has 2bed,so you and your boyfriend can share,my italian is good but i often speak english, I'm a laid back person,easygoing,matured,understanding,I'm also looking for the same in my flatmate and i respect my job,i work until late night,so i only stay home on Sunday.i respect others privacy,so you have no problem living with me at all,i will be so happy to have you as my flatmate because I'm currently living alone in the apartment but i'm kind a busy person so i'm only available on sunday noon and i rest throughout.
never mind i can reserve the room for you till your arrival date since there is a perfect procedure that we both have to undergo before you can proceed
with the payment.
However if you really have interest in renting the apartment just let me have your FULL NAME,YOUR EXACT ARRIVAL DATE,YOUR DEPARTURE DATE,YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS AND A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR ID CARD OR PASSPORT,So that i can quickly instruct our family lawyer to prepare the tenant agreement form for you,to see the terms and condition of the contract and if you are okay with the terms and condition then you can proceed with the first month rent and the security deposit to my mother via western union money transfer,so that the room could be fully reserved for you till your arrival date because there are a lot of people that also have interest in renting the room[u],but my mother prefer the most serious person who pay her first.,I've also attached my picture and a scan copy of my passport for you to see your future flatmate..
The signed Lease Contract will be send to you first through attached mail for you to read and understand,after which you will proceed with the payment,I'll now send you the original copy through a registered courier to your address for you to sign and bring along with you when moving in.
Have a nice day,Looking forward in hearing from you,attached is my picture and a copy of my passport for you to be sure I'm serious and wanting to rent out the room to you...
From from your future flatmate..
Mariarosa.

i got her contacts from Roommates.com
i just wanted to post this for others just as your post confirmed my suspicions.