Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 7:33 PM
To: Michelle Banks
Subject: Re: $1000 / 3br - 1800ft² - Spacious, Side by Side Twin-Home for Rent (Eden Prairie)

Hello,

Thanks for your interest in my property, the home is still available and ready for move in. My names is Mr. Randall Ruud, the house is located at Address: (7315 Scot Terrace, Eden Prairie MN 55346). Spacious, side by side twin-home available in a quiet neighborhood in Eden Prairie. Split entry home and great floor plan for those wanting two living areas. Upstairs has a spacious eat in kitchen with newer cabinetry, flooring and counter-tops, formal dining room with adjoining deck facing the backyard, living room, master bedroom with private bath, 2nd bedroom and full bath. Downstairs has another bedroom, bath, laundry/storage room and a family room with wood-burning fireplace. Great home has it all.

My family and I are currently in South America (Guyana) for missionary call. Before we left the stateside, we search for a God fearing and reputable agent who can take good care of the house, but we couldn't get anyone then. We left with the key, remote and the papers. I'm willing to rent out the home to a tenant who is able to come up with first months($1000) rent and a security deposit of ($500) as a move in deposit and I will like him/her to assure me that the house will be properly managed. Concerning the lease, duration is minimum of 6 months or according to the would-be-tenant need. I'm giving out the home with such a reasonable amount because I am only paying God back for his kindness and mercy over me and my family with what I have that`s why I asked for such a reasonable amount. It`s also a pride for me to work for him on a missionary work. Also I need someone/a family that will take good care of the house as their own property. If you can assure me that you can take proper care of the property and also you can afford the move in deposit, kindly confirm your interest by getting back to me with the below application require details for our verification and record purpose.

RENTAL APPLICATION QUESTIONNAIRE

PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF:
Full Name_________________ ________________________
Home Phone ( ) ________________________
Date of Birth_________________________ ________
Other Phone ( ) ___________________
Current Address__________________Apt#________ City__________________ State______ Zip________
Reasons for Leaving_______________________ _____Rent $__________
Phone ( ) ____________________________
Are you married_______________________ _____
How many people will be living in the house_____________________ ___
Do you have a pet___________________________ _
Do you have a car___________________________ _
Occupation____________________ ________
Move In Date__________________________ __
How soon can you secure the property with the down payment_______________
How soon do you want to receive the keys and documents of my property______


I'll be looking forward to hear from you with all this details so that i can have it in my record file in case of issuing the receipt for you and contacting you. The Lord Almighty has been good to me, I am paying him back with my missionary call. I could let you remain in the house till I come back if you are a good tenant. I will email you the pictures and rent terms as soon as I receive your reply.

God Bless You.

Mr. Randall Ruud

The thief will tell you that you can rent his accommodation only if you can prove that you have genuine interest. He will ask you send money by wire transfer (normally Western Union) to yourself or a member of the family to show that you have sufficient finances and that you are not a "time waster".

Another variation of this scam is that you need to send (by Western Union) money in order that the keys and other documents can be couriered to you

He will ask you to send him the transfer details.

Make no mistake ! Western Union Transfers can be picked up virtually anywhere in the world and with the minimum of identification. They are almost impossible to trace once the money has been collected. You will never get to see the accommodation or your money 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 Gumtree or similar listing sites. If you receive any requests from 'Landlords' asking for some kind of payment by Western Union 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.

From: Randall Ruud <[email protected]>
To: Michelle Banks
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: YOU HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND ACCEPTED...

Thanks for your time Mrs. Michelle Banks

Thanks so much for your completed information given to us, we have been trying to reach you on the provided number nut it keep returning my calls, so i will appreciate if you can call us back and we will keep trying until we are able to reach you. Meanwhile, My Wife and I have thought about you and we are so much excited to accept you as our new tenant because you really sounds like kind of tenant we are looking to rent our property too and we can see you are a God fearing family according to your message, again your application is qualified and approved by us, and I want you to note that all your information have been approve into our rental file here and please do not fail to take very good care of our house and treat as own for us because we believe you are a responsible tenants and we are going to treat you like our family in our home, so therefore i want you to consider yourself as our new tenants.

I 'll be sending you the instruction on how the payment will be made as soon as i receive your reply. But I'll like you to get back to me as soon as you can with the following reference information's, so that i can go ahead with the preparing of the Residential Lease Agreement Paper - Work.

PERSONAL REFERENCES
(A PERSON, OTHER THAN YOUR RELATIVES, THAT I CAN CONTACT TO VERIFY YOUR CHARACTER.)
FIRST PERSON:
FIRST NAME:
MIDDLE NAME:
LAST NAME:
RELATIONSHIP:
PHONE:EMERGENCY :

(IN AN EMERGENCY, A PERSON THAT CAN BE CONTACTED STARTING WITH NEAREST RELATIVES)
SECOND PERSON :
FIRST NAME:
MIDDLE NAME:
LAST NAME:
RELATIONSHIP:
PHONE:

Cause i can see your willingness you have in renting our property. We have decided to let you live in our house for as long as you wish to stay. As we have found your application very satisfactory and acceptable by my family, so once again take good care of the home so that we maybe glad when coming back at the end of the year to visit and see how you have been taking good care of our home. However we are not willing to waste much time on this rent, so if you are willing to move in before winter as stated, then that will not be a problem but we will advice you to secure our home with the ($500), refundable security deposit today, in order for us to fill in your names and information's on our property documents that we will be send together with the keys and documents to your current address, and because many other tenants have been contacting us in respect of our house and i will also issue the payment confirmation receipt with the documents. I will email you the Residential Lease Agreement Paper - Work later in the evening which you will be appending your signatures on it and have the signed page attached back to me for my record purpose. We would like to send the following listed documents to you via FedEx Courier Service to your current address, i.e. (419 Rue de la Remarks Eaterville 1234). Which the tracking number will be sent to you, so that you can possible track the package and know the exact delivery status for you to occupy our house at your exact move in date, Pls once again, we are giving you this base on trust and do not disappoint us and i promise you that you will love our home in as much as we do.

Please send me the address which i will be sending the keys and the documents to. If other than this: (419 Rue de la Remarks Eaterville 1234). Utilities are included in the monthly rent, i.e Water, Light and Garbage.

Here are the contents of the document that we will be shipping to you.
1)Entrance and the rooms Keys
2)Paper/Permanent house form(Containing your reference details)
3)The house documentary file.
4)Payment Receipt.

So please do get back to me today so that I will let you know the next step to take concerning the signing of the rental lease agreement and the payment procedures. Call me back on: +2348133312663. as soon as you read my message.

Thanks for your willingness to see our property as your own house.

God Bless You.

Mr. Randall Ruud