Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Con Warner Sat Jul 28, 2012 1:39 pm
From: Andreas K.M Hagenbo <[email protected]>
Date: 28 July 2012 11:11
To: Con Warner
Subject: RE: apartment

Hello,

Thanks very much for your Kind interest in my apartment, I am delighted to let you know that my apartment is presently available now even for long and short term periods. Presently, no one is occupying my apartment and it will be a great privilege renting you my nice apartment located at the city center of Stockholm.

My apartment is located at (Roslagsgatan 10, 11355 Stockholm, Sweden). You are free to go and view the apartment.

Little Introduction about myself, I am Mr. Andreas K.M Hagenbo, a Swedish citizen. My father is from the Sweden while my Mother is from UK. I have been taking total control of the flat, but due to the fact that I am presently working and earning my living in South Africa, I am putting the nice apartment for rent and it will be a great opportunity renting it to you if you love it and you can afford the price. Also, if you can be able to reason along with my terms and conditions and take this opportunity just on trust.


DETAILS ABOUT MY APARTMENT........

Address: Roslagsgatan 10, 11355 Stockholm, Sweden

Size of the Whole Apartment: 68m2

Number of bedrooms:1
Number of bathrooms:1
Max number of people:3
Floor: 3rd floor.
Long and short terms
Monthly rental price: 450 Euros (Including all bills)

Security Deposit: 450Euros


EQUIPEMENTS AVAILABLE INSIDE MY APARTMENT..
Equiped Kitchen, washing Machine, American Kitchen Fridge & Freezer Oven, Microwave Dish Washer Crockery &
Utensils, Bath Shower Hair Dryer, Towels

Extra features /Electronics Set up..
24 hours Internet Dial Up, Internet Broadband Cable/Satelite
TV,Stereo/Radio System DVD Player, DVD/Music Collection
Landline Telephon, Central Heating Air Conditioning

Pets are Welcome.

You will be confirming these upon our meeting to view the apartment together and sign up the contract.

TERMS IN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS WHICH WE WILL SIGN.

1. The tenant Will Pay a month Rent and Security Deposit in advance to the landlord Before Moving in to show a good sign of seriousness and the security deposit will be refunded back to the tenant and the return of funds must be completed not later than 24 hours of the termination of the Contract.

2.Due to the fact that I am presently out of Sweden, I would love to tell you that I will only be available for the viewing of the contract, after we have both signed a contract documents and also confirm your deposit payment.


3.The Tenant must agree that they and their respective invited visitors will not :

i. Commit any act, which results in serious disruption of the rights of each to peacefully Occupy the premises
ii. Commit any act, which results in physical harm to the parties, a member of his/her household, visitors or neighbors
iii. Cause or allow invited visitors to cause a nuisance.
iv. Commit any form of harassment on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age or disability, which may interfere with the peace and comfort of, or cause offense to, each other, a member of his/her household, visitors or neighbors.
v. Play or allowed to play any radio, television, record or tape recording or musical instrument so loudly that it causes a nuisance or annoyance to the other party.

(2) Use of Premises: The Tenant agrees to use the premises for residential purposes and not to operate a business at the premises nor to use the premises for any illegal purposes.

(3)Both the Landlord and tenants must exchange passport id for easy recognition and for both parties to have a good idea of each other.

Regarding the apartment,it will be indeed available for the required date which you have specified. The apartment is of course available for long and short term period depending on how long you wish to rent it.

Having said that, in other words, I have to let you understand that I cannot make any move of traveling from South Africa to meet you and hand over my properties, without confirming the security deposit. You have to pay for the security deposit as a sign of seriousness that you are willing to rent my apartment, while the one month rent fee will be paid after we meet in Stockholm when the keys will be handed over to you.

This is as a reason of past experiences with bitter and sad experiences with past tenants. A situation whereby after spending time and money traveling from South Africa to Stockholm, I didn't meet anyone. It was indeed a very painful experience, and it happened twice.

Due to such situation, I have vowed that before I can make any move of traveling, tenants would need to pay for the security deposit (450Euros). This is to confirm that you are a serious tenant and willing to rent my apartment. Before the payment of the security deposit, we are going to sign the (Refundable Security Deposit Agreement) and (Tenancy Agreement) documents, which you have to sign and send me back copies, along with the receipt of payment of the deposit.

So if you agree with the terms and conditions above, kindly get back to me with the following details for the contract documents..

Name in Full..
Address...
Nationality...
Date of move in and out....
Phone number....
Sex..................Male or Female.

Also, get back to me with your passport id card scanned to me.

Hope to read from you soonest.

Regards,

Andreas K.M Hagenbo
+447024025466


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 TGavrilov Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:02 am
Hi Con

I live in South Africa, and I applied for an IT position in Johannesburg, and today I received a letter of employment from a legitimate UK company - but a fraudulent letter - using the contact number +447024025466 as the supposed Head Office's phone number. But the offer was so good but I got suspicious when they asked me to first pay an amount of £815 GBP - I had to research it online which is where I found out that none of the contact details on the letter matched those of the Company's name they were using...

So much for it only being Rental scams....

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