Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Con Warner Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:35 am
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: $800/ 4br long beach ca
To: Con Warner

Hello,
I resided in the house with my family, my wife and my only son. Presently we have moved out due to my transfer. Presently my house is still available for rent for $800UsD (rent already includes utilities).More so Now,I'm currently in Lagos,Nigeria for a missionary work.
As soon as we settled down here, I had a thought of selling the house so I had to look for an agent, after getting one, we got a deal but later my wife advised against that. So I contacted the agent back and requested for my keys and documents.Later we decided to have the house rented out because of maintainance, we would have given the same agent this job also but the truth of the matter is that the agent would want to handle it professionally and the occupant may not be able to reason along with me later if I let him or her know that I'm letting it out because of maintainance.If you notice, you will discover that the price we are offering is far below standard price, this is enough for you to know that we are not after the rental fee but the maintainance. I know there is no way I can be sure that you are the right person to live in the house because we won't be able to see physical before sending you the keys and the documents to occupy the space. But I just have a feeling that anyone who knows what it takes to put the kind of structure down should know that maintaining a building is mandatory, so if you belief you can take good care of the house and handle it like yours then I will be more than happy to let you rent the house.
The house is available for rent at the moment so you are free to move in as soon as you wish to...A Deposit of $800 (which happens to be the security deposit) is required before moving in.....Feel free to call me for more information and arrangements on how to get the keys and other necessary documents delivered to you.Please if you are ready now to occupy the house and believe you can assist us in maintaining the house, kindly provide the information below for record purpose..

Location: 1951 Knoxville Avenue, Long Beach CA 90815

PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF
Application Form
Full Name Natali Romero_____________________
Home Phone ( 562 )419-9308_______________________
Date of Birth_7/5/89________________________________
Other Phone ( ) ___________________
Current Address_______________________________Apt#________ City_Lynwood___________ State_CA_ Zip_90262_____

Reasons for Leaving I live with my husbands parents and we want to move out because we want more space for the reason of having two children._ Rent $_800.00_ Phone (562 )441-4700 ____________________________
Are you married YES____________________________

How many people will be living in the house_8 people 4 adults and 4 children under the age of 6_____

Do you have a pet___NO_________________________

Do you have a car_YES___________________________

Occupation_Idont work but my husband is a parking attendant and the other two adults which is going to be my sister and her husband work as dendists.___________________________

Your Exact move in date_As soon as posible if posible July first________________________

How soon can you make the deposit payment I have the deposit and first month rent ready because I been looking for a place to move out.________________________

How soon do you want to receive the keys and documents of the house__As soon as posible please
______________________

I could tell you a litle bit about my family, we like to live in a clean enviroment, we like to take care of things like if they were ours specially if they are not ours its just peer family my sister and her family and me and my family as you could see we are two families of four. Sorry for not feeling in my full address but am concerned about the safety of my family. But if you provide the keys to your house to me I'll be more than happy to provide you with all the rest of the requirements that you need any concerns or questions feel free to contact me or reply me hope to hear from you soon and thank you for your valuable time.

I understand you are bearly getting settled but i was wondering when would it be posible for us to get a response from you if you would give us an opportunity to live in your house. Am not in a rush but i would like to see if I'll be able to move in by July 1st or the beginings of July

For more inquiries, please feel free to reach me on any of the numbers below
( +234-703-685-8409 OR +234-0812-749-2891 OR 011-234-0819-171-0310 )


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.

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