Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Con Warner Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:33 am
From: "Newman Sherry" [[email protected]]
Date: 06/09/2012 11:11
To: Con Warner
Subject: Re: Full Furnished Luxury One Bedroom Apartments in Santa Monica

HelloThanks for your interest in my apartmentI am glad to read from you regarding my apartment. I am Reverend Newman Sherry, the owner of the apartment you are making inquiry about.Actually I resided in the apartment with my family, such as my wife and my only daughter before and presently we had packed due to my transfer from my working place and now situated in Virginia USA and presently my apartment is still available for rent for $600 per month including the utilities like hydro, washer, Kitchen Electric hob/oven,Kitchen utensils ,Microwave ,Washer &dryer ,Refrigerator & freezer ,Toaster ,Electric kettle ,Iron and ironing board ,TV & DVD ,Telephone and Fast internet access ,Pedestal Fan ,Free parking. and security,it is fully furnished.More so Now, I went for a church crusade in London - England and I will like you to get in touch with my wife for more discussion as she is with the keys and the document to the house. Please i want you to note that, I am a kind and honest man and also i spent a lot on my property that i want to give you for rent,so i will solicit for your absolute maintenance of this apartment and want you to treat it as your own,is that taken,it is not the money the main problem but we want you to keep it tidy all the time so that i will be glad to see it neat when i came for a check up.i do that once in a while.I also want you to let me have trust in you as i always stand on my word.Email my wife Sarah on ( [email protected] ) she will attend to you better with more information and pictures.Thanks and God bless you.Rev Newman Sherry


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]

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by Halvy24 Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:43 am
Thank you for posting this. I got this exact same email from "the reverend" word for word regarding an apartment in Fresno, California. Hopefully my information can help someone else the way yours helped me. Luckily I found this site before I paid them any money! So again thank you

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