Room for Rent and other rental scams
by lrne Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:38 am
Hello,
I've been currently looking for a flat in Cologne, Germany. I've been contacted by someone named "istamis landay" via the web-site "wg-gesucht.de". He sent me a mail under the name Marcus and the email address "[email protected]".He's offering me his flat but I don't know if it's safe or not. Could you tell me if it is?
Here is our whole contact:

[Hallo *****,
I am offering a well furnished two bedroom apartment located at
Eifelwall 5, 50674, Köln, Deutschland.The apartment has two fully
furnished bedroom and a large and well equipped kitchen which will be
shared by the two occupant of the flat,also a living room and two
bathroom and toilet which each of the bathroom and toilet is attached
to each of the room and a room cost 350E,kaution 500E and the whole
flat cost 700E and caution 750E which include all other charges such
as water supply,cost of gas,electricity etc.Hope to hear from you
soon..My skype name is marcus.mestrov1.
Marcus

Hello Marcus,
Thank you for this quick answer. So, the flat's rent amouts to 750€ a month (included charges), which makes 350€ per person. But I need to know if there's already someone in the flat. I would prefer that because I can't find another roommate from France. But if there is, I'm interested in it (especially in the furnished room!). Could you send me some pictures of it?

Hello,A girl had already made a reservation for a room in the flat but
she will move in by 1st July.I had a room left and these are the flat
pictures attached to this mail.There are many others requesting for
the room ,so i will suggest you make a reservation for the room
asap.Thanks
Marcus

Hello,
thank you for these informations. I'm interested in it but I can rent it just from September (my parents can't pay a flat two months for nothing). So would it be possible to move in at this date? It would be great for me (it's quite hard to find a flat hundreds kilometers away).

Hi,
you can rent from September and that is the date which will be written
in the contract as your moving in date.A girl had also requested for a
month,which is 1st july to 1st August,in that case you can make a
reservation for the month of September and i will get it reserved for
you immediately..Marcus


hi,
Great, i'm okay with that! I reserve the room from September. If you need ay informations from me for the contract, please ask.


Hi,
Good day to you there..You will have to sign the lease contract
agreement with me here, I will only need your details for the contract
to be prepared, the contract will be prepared and send to you, you
will have to print out the contract and sign and then scan it back to
me here immediately so that I can also sign the contract, You will
have to make the payment of the deposit plus the rent to me here
immediately so that I can also get the flat keys posted to your
current address now through Dhl courier service and it will arrive to
your current address exactly 24hrs after posted here . Here are the
details needed for the contract to be prepared.
Your full name and address
Date of birth
Phone number
Passport Id number
Date to move in and out
An address where the flat keys will be posted to.Thanks and hope to
hear from you soon..Marcus]

--> It's especially the last one which makes me worried about the honesty of the guy? Is that procedure for the contract legal? Please, tell me so that I could avoid problems.
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by AlanJones Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:07 am
Hi Irne and welcome to ScamWarners.

The last email marks it out to be a scam. DHL do not offer a service where they courier keys to individuals on the basis of them paying a deposit (which would no doubt need to be paid via Western Union).

Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.
by lrne Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:11 am
Hi,
Thank for this answer! I'n going to end any contact with him.

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