Rental scammer [email protected]

Hi,
This is my first post so I hope I'm doing things right. I'm pretty sure I'm in contact with a scammer. I already reported it on the website where I found the ad so I hope they'll take it down quickly.
I couldn't found this e-mailadress on google yet, so I decided to post it here.

Hello,
Thank you for answer me so fast.
I wish to rent my apartment to some nice and responsible people and in order to do that I have to know a some details about you (Your name,address,like how many persons are you planning to live in the apartment, for how long, if you have a steady income, etc.). You should also know that I appreciate sincerity very much.

The price for one month of rent is € 550 including all the utilities costs.
Of course I would need one warranty month as well of € 550, which you would get back when you will leave the apartment(you will have to give me at least 30 days notice). .

Since I am unable to come to Netherlands personally we will have to use a company called TNT which will handle both payment and delivery of the Keys. Please click on the link bellow to the TNT website to see how we can complete the deal safely and fast directly from the website of the
company where the procedure is explained: http://www.tnt.com/express/en_gb/site/h ... ivery.html

So in your next email please provide me more information about yourself and i will reply with the TNT full procedure. I hope to be my perfect tenant and I think we can conclude this negotiation in a short time.

Regards from me and my wife,



Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 16:18:19 +0200
Subject: Re: appartment Kamernet.nl
From: <e-mailadress>
To: [email protected]

Hi,

Thank you for your reply. Is there someone who can show us the appartment before we decide on anything? And which company are you using for sending the keys? Thank you in advance,

Kind Regards,
<my name>

2012/8/6 Kraig Dawson <[email protected]>

Hello,
Thanks for your interest. The apartment is still available.
There is no other persons in the house, so you will not have to share the apartment. The registration is allowed.
The apartment has the following facilities:Wireless internet facilities,Phone,Microwave,washing machine,Dryer,Refrigerator,bathroom toilet,lounge/living room,kitchen,utility room.
My name is Kraig Dawson,i live in United Kingdom , i have a lovely wife Christine and 25 year old daughter, Lisa. I am very proud to say that soon I’m going to be a grandfather.
I bought this apartment for my daughter during her studies in Netherlands, but now she's back in UK permanently so nobody is there to take care about renting it, so I will just send you the keys and contract using a Estate Delivery Company. They will act as a third party in our transaction.
I hope it's OK with you, since this is the only reliable option.
If you are still interested to rent my apartment just answer me and i will give you more details .
Thank you and hope to hear back from you.


Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 15:41:53 +0200
Subject: appartment Kamernet.nl
From: <e-mail adress>
To: [email protected]

Dear mr. Dawson,

Thank you for your reply. We're very interested in the apartment. Me and my boyfriend are looking for something just like this.
At the website it states that you've planned a viewing today, but we won't be in Amsterdam untill the weekend, so we can't come by today. Would it be okay for us to visit the apartment this sunday? Thank you in advance,

Kind regards,
<name>

Your suspicion is correct. This is a scam.

The scammer will tell you that you have to send money in order to receive the keys, and that the money will be held until you have viewed and accepted the apartment.

In reality, the money you send would be picked up, and the scammer (who is using fake information and does not own an apartment at all) would disappear with it, leaving you with no money and no apartment.

It is indeed a scam, weve had the exact same information and details for an apartment in utrecht, in our case his wife is lisa and his daughter is christine, who is 26, he calls himself mark koeman, according to TNT, they will never act as an escrove or "third party", also, TNT will never check the contence of any package.

this is a hoax that often happens around this time a year