by Con Warner
Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:51 am
From: Edward Mathis <[email protected]>
To: Con Warner
Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2012 11:11
Subject: Re: $800 / 3br - 1465ft² - Single-Family Home (Columbia MO)
Hello.
Thank you for your interest in my house.
My Home is available for rent and park in anytime.
The rent fee is low because it is not so important to me as my property and someone who will be in control of it like the owner (ME). Here is the house address, you can go to the address to look around and get back to me (5707 Camden Circle, Columbia MO 65201). You can live in the house with anybody and any kind of pet.
Rental Application form will be send to you for you to fill it and send it back. Our concern is for you to take good care of our Home as if it's yours.
The Home is for rent because i have been transferred to Calgary Canada because of an Geriatrician (old age doctor). I and my family left the house a couple of weeks ago, we are presently in New York requesting for the transfer of my wife so that the whole family can travel together to CANADA.
The rent fee is $800.00 at every month end including all the utilities, and the rent deposit for the house is $800.00...No deposit for any kind of pet. Year lease will surely be acceptable because I will prefer a long term lease than short term as I will not like to be changing tenant at the end of every two months.
Remain Blessed,
Edward Mathis..
P.S
I and my family understand what is going on concerning house rent scamming on Craigslist, but we don't have other choice than to get the house rent this way (WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY HAVE CAUSE YOU OR ANYONE).
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.
