by Con Warner
Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:53 am
From: [email protected]
Hello,
Thanks for your swift response and my flat located at Histon road cb4
3hd cambridge. However, it was unfortunate that my
past bitter experience of inviting people to come and view my flat
without any form of confirmation of their financial ability and not
keeping up to time as at when scheduled, has brought about great loss
to me. I have travelled all the way from Ireland to take some
interested candidates round my flat because that's where i work.
Some prospective 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, also some do not meet up with the appointments.
Henceforth my lawyer and i have decided to carry out a simple test
on financial ability to pay for my rent before coming for viewing. I
would not ask you to send your bank statement. At least 1 month rent
of £350 plus the security deposit of £400 would be required from you
to transfer through Western union money transfer. You can make the
transfer with your name as a sender name and your partner or friend in
UK as the receiver.
Once you have done this, scan the receipt to me and if you do not
have scanner, you may write out the details on the receipt as i will
send it to my lawyer to verify if it's truly genuine, after
verification, then we can proceed for the viewing.
Note that the transfer must be confirmed valid before the receiver
picks up the money and also, i will refund back to you the cost of
transfer when we meet.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards.
Steve
This person asks for proof that you are able to pay the deposit and rent (for a property that he does not own) due to a string of time wasters.
This proof is in the form of a Western Union, MoneyGram or bank transfer either to him, his lawyer, your friend or a family member.
Sounds safe. It's not!
At other times, this person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union or Moneygram with the promise that they will send the keys through a courier company.
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.
