by Con Warner
Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:25 am
From: Osasu Chartin <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: SEK2500 / 1br - 1 bed RM 1 Living RM Furnished iNTERNET (Stockholm)
To: Con Warner
Hi,
Thank you for your interest in my apartment. Maybe I have a shot time to write this as I am at work now but I will try to give you a complete detail of the apartment. I was trying to open a recording studio in Stockholm at the time I secured the apartment. I was really afraid to give the apartment out to a destructive person. We are trying to establish a new recording studio in Lagos now so the apartment will be open for 3 years and 7 months starting now that I am away and the apartment is empty.
The address is - ora Nygatan 38, 111 27 Stockholm, Sweden .
The utility bills are included in the monthly rent of 2500 sek, they are the wireless Internet, Electricity, Laundry, Water and the Flat screen Cable TV. The washer and dryer are in the apartment store room. If you are staying for 1 year and above the first month rent and the last month rents will be paid upfront before you move in, but if you are staying 5 months and below you will pay the first month rent only as deposit before you can move in.
The sleeping area offers a bright and spacious bedroom furnished. The clean en-suite bathroom, fitted with a large stall shower, and toilet. The kitchen is new and complete with everything including refrigerator and dishwasher and the oven. The living room has a flat screen with cable connected to it.
Do you keep pets? Have you rented a furnished apartment before? I don’t have a friend or family there yet and I am not interested in handing out my keys to outside agents that only want to rent out the place and make money for themselves. Instead I only want to deal directly with the tenant renting my apartment to bridge a good understanding.
If you are fine with my terms let me know and we will conclude this. I will sign a clear agreement with you and then accept the rent and then send the keys only to your present address. But if you don’t feel comfortable with my terms I advise you look for a different place to rent.
Let me know if you are fine with my terms and I will forward the photos to you right away.
Thanks for you interest,
Osasu .C
+234 808-437-1421
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.
