Room for Rent and other rental scams
by akwurts Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:59 am
I was looking for houses to rent online and emailed three people. I got these three emails that turned up to be scams:

Hello,

God bless you for your interest about our House. This 3BR/1B is still available for rent.
I am renting this house to a responsible and neat person or family who has the fear of God and treat my house as his or her own.

Presently Myself and my wife have moved out of the house due to my work transfer to Western Region in Africa and we will be away for good 5 years or more and this is reason why we are actually renting it out so if you are interested in taking good care of our house, then my family will be ready in accepting you as our new tenant who be fully in-charge of our house.
If you really impress us by taking good care of our house then you will be allowed to stay as long as you wish okay.....This 3BR/1BT And 3bedroom house 1 bath. Ready to move in...

Below is our address of the House:

(775 Utopia Place, Dayton OH 45431)

So get back to us on how you could take care of our house or perhaps experience you have in renting . Hope you are okay with the price of US$700/month with heat laundry facilities, air condition and so on and the deposit fee is $600... PETS ARE FULLY WELCOME! We are looking forward to hear from you ASAP.

So that will can forward you an Application to fill out and discuss on how to get the House for rent and also the Entrances keys and the document of our house,also are you ready to rent it now or when? Await your urgent reply. Thanks for your understanding.


Please if you are ready now to occupy the house kindly provide the information below for record purpose.

THE RENTAL APPLICATION FORM

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__________________________

REFERENCE?
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Application Comment
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Looking forward to hear from you with all this details so that i can have it in my file in case of issuing the receipt in your name and contacting you. Await your urgent reply so that we can discuss on how to get the documents and the keys to you, please we are giving you all this based on trust and again i want you to stick to your words, you can reach me at +2348075744764, am putting everything into Gods hand so please do not let me down in this property and God bless you.

Thanks...









Hello ************,

Thank you for your rental inquiry!

The rental is still available. We thougth we had the place rented to a couple we showed it to last week, but now it seems that they changed their mind, so we need to lease it as soon as possible. You were the second one to email me about it.

I am sure you will want to do a walk through of the property, but my family doesn't want me to advertise the address as a measure of safety. Last time we did that without verifying people, the empty property was broken into and vandalized. We don't want that to happen again! You will be responsible for cable, internet, and phone, if you decide to have these services. Just to confirm, we DO allow pets at this property.

If you would like to set up an appointment, go to the link below and enter the Property ID in the search box.

Website Link: lcsrentals.com/search/
(Copy and paste this link to your address bar if it is not clickable)

Your Property ID is: rL5NSXmlM

We use this site for all the properties we manage. Just fill out the online form and indicate that you want the free report. The actual scores aren't important to us, it's more of a formality to have it on file, to make sure there are no previous property related issues.

As far as getting together to see the property goes, I am available to show it any time from 10:00 am on, for the next week. Let me know once you have it printed out, and we will set up a time to do your walk-through.

Thank you once again for your interest!








Greetings!

Thanks for your email.. The house is still available. I decided to rent the house because we are going to spend more time here in Abuja, about 3 years.. Let me start by introducing myself.
I must confess that I am very new in this landlord business..
However, My name is Adam Schwartz Due to her job as a Medical Doctor, she works for American Red Cross Lutheran Hospital Donor Center, and now she have been transfer to Abuja to work in a branch in Abuja. We spent less time in the States so we could not get a hold on any Realtor to handle this rent issue, although it was when We knew how long we are going to stay in Abuja that We decided to rent out the house. However, the initial plan was to sale out the house. which we tried, but sometimes the agents inflates the prize and it takes longer to sell. The utilities are included in the rent, because of this reason and more we need a responsible person that can take very good care of it as we are not after the money , but want it to be clean and for you to take it as if it were yours.

Information abut the house below:
The rent is: $800 Security Deposit: $700
4 Bedroom 2Bathroom
address:3531 Village Green Dr Dayton, OH 45414
city: Dayton
State: OH
Zip code:45414
Sq. footage:2,228
Pet are also Welcome.

PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF

RENT APPLICATION FORM
FIRST NAME:__________________
MIDDLE NAME:_________________ ?
LAST NAME:__________________ ?
PROFESSION:________________ ?
(CELL) PHONE (____)__________
(WORK) PHONE (____)__________ ?
(HOME) PHONE (____)__________ ?
KIDS_____ (YES/NO), HOW MANY________
PRESENT ADDRESS:_____________________ ?
CITY:_______________ ?
STATE:______________ ?
ZIP CODE:____________ ?
WHEN DO YOU INTEND MOVING IN?______________ ?
IF YOU HAVE A PET,
NAME OF PET:_____________ ?
KIND OF PETS:_____________ ?
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Comment
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TAKE NOTE: YOU CAN ONLY DRIVE BY AND SEE MY PLACE FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT IF DRIVE BY THE HOME YOU MAY SEE A SIGN THERE, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT IT BELONGS TO OUR PREVIOUS AGENT SO YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT AND DON'T HAVE TO CALL THEM BECAUSE THEY TO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE HOME ANYMORE! IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RENTING GET THE APPLICATION FORM FILLED OUT AND SEND IT BACK TO ME YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT ME
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by Bubbles Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:18 am
Welcome to ScamWarners akwurts. Please post the email addresses the scammers used to send out those messages. Users often search to see if they are dealing with a scammer by the email address they have received the message from.

Thank you and I am glad you didn't get scammerd by these criminals.

Bubbles, former Scamwarners moderator.

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