Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: [email protected]
To: Michelle Banks
Subject: RE: Request for your Offer at Starflats.co.uk
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:48:31 +0100

Thanks for the sincere interest you have in my flat and my flat is still available.My flat is well furnished with all kitchen utensils complete.My flat is available for short and long term.My rent is affordable and you can only be my tenant if you can afford the rents when it is due,also you can be my tenant if you obey the terms and conditions of my flat.

I would like to ask you a few questions at this point that you want to rent my flat,

1:Can you keep my flat clean?.
2:Have you rented an apartment before?.
3:Where are you coming from to stay in my flat?.
4:Do you have any reference here in Bristol?.
5:For how long do you intend to rent my flat?.

My rent is £350GBP PER MONTH,£87.50GBP PER WEEK AND THE DEPOSIT IS £650GBP(Returnable at the end of a week stay in my flat).


NOTE :All utility bills are included in the rent ( water, gas, council tax, TV license and wireless Internet) and pets are allowed.Hope to hear from you for further information you will need from me.

Thanks and hope to reading from you soon.

Best Regards
Mr/Mrs David

From: Stella david <[email protected]>
Date: 30 August 2012 01:40:24 GMT+01:00
To: Michelle Banks
Subject: RE: Request for your Offer at Starflats.co.uk

Thanks for the sincere interest you have in my flat and yes you can arrange for a viewing ASAP.All bills are included in the rent,i appreciate your sincerity and concern you have over the renting of my flat,because i have so many candidate online that are interested in my flat,but they are not trust worthy of their financial ability.So i have to work with care in having a good tenant,i liked the way you expressed your feelings over my flat and i appreciate.I fully understand your situation and i would love to make you my tenant.Housing benefit are not accepted and will only be accepted if you stand as a middle man.I have experienced so many things in the hands of them,so i would not want to go through such again and don,t meet up to date as they promise.
It is unfortunate that our past bitter experience of inviting people to come and view our flat or make a reservation without any form of confirmation of their financial ability and not keeping up to time as at when scheduled,it has brought about great loss to us. I have traveled all the way from Ireland to take some interested candidates around our flat because that's where i work with M. Gould (Scunthorpe) Ltd. Some outside tenants do not have the money to pay the rent and yet they disturb the landlord to arrange a viewing with their friend or relative who are in Bristol, also some do not meet up with the appointments which has led to the dismissal of some landlords in office by their employees.
However, i wouldn't want to collect any money from you as long as you have not sign a contract neither have i take you round my flat.we would not ask you to send your bank statement. At least 1 Month rent and security deposit which is 350GBP(all bills included) or a deposit of 650GBP which is refundable after your first week stay in my flat, would be required from you to transfer through Western Union post office and the only way i can help you is for you to make a deposit of one month because of your previous condition. You can make the transfer with your close relation's or friend's name as a sender and your name as a receiver to your destined address.
Once you have done this, you can scan the receipt to us, and if you do not have scanner, you may write out the details on the receipt as we will send it to our lawyer to verify on the online website, after verification, then we proceed for reservation/viewing and our flat is okay for you when you arrive, then you will go and pickup the money back and pay for the rent and also, i will refund back to you the cost of transfer and don,t forget all this are to confirm your financial ability and finalizing of the viewing will be done immediately.
Kindly let me know your opinion as soonest as you get this message. At this stage that you are interested in my flat.

Hope to hear from you soonest and my greetings to your family.

Best Regards
Mr/Mrs David

The thief will tell you that you can rent his accommodation only if you can prove that you have genuine interest. He will ask you send money by wire transfer (normally Western Union) to yourself or a member of the family to show that you have sufficient finances and that you are not a "time waster".

Another variation of this scam is that you need to send (by Western Union) money in order that the keys and other documents can be couriered to you

He will ask you to send him the transfer details.

Make no mistake ! Western Union Transfers can be picked up virtually anywhere in the world and with the minimum of identification. They are almost impossible to trace once the money has been collected. You will never get to see the accommodation or your money 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 Gumtree or similar listing sites. If you receive any requests from 'Landlords' asking for some kind of payment by Western Union 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.