is this scam??

Hello Simon,

Thanks for mailing me here,Yes my apartment is available for your dates,check In/Out is flexible, there must be no damages or lost of any items in the apartment. Here is the price analysis for your stay.......

Nightly Rate = $220

5 Nights = $1100

Security Deposit = $300

Cleaning fee = $50


To have the apartment booked and secured for your date, You will have to make a down payment of 50% of rental fee plus the security deposit .550 + 300 = $850

The remaining rental balance of $550 and the cleaning fee of $50 are to be paid on arrival at the apartment, kindly find in your email attachment a copy of the rent questionnaire form, please do fill it and get back to me asap.

Regards,

Hills.

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Hello Seol,

Thanks for getting back to me,yes the apartment is getting over booked and i don't want my guests to be in confusion so that is why i remove the posting,but i can go ahead and send you the pictures and details of the apartment if requested.

Kindly get back to me asap.

Regards,

Hills.
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Hello Seol,

Yes here are the pictures of the apartment attached to your email and also this is the information about the apartment.

3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms

Renovated Three bedroom, two bathroom apartment located on West 86th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues in a beautiful pre-war elevator building The apartment has wood floors, a renovated kitchen and all new furniture. There are flat screen TV’s in both bedrooms as well as the living room and a dining table that seats 8 people.

You are less than 2 blocks in either direction to two major subway lines 1 train on 86th and Broadway and the C and B trains on 86th and Central Park West. There is a bus steps away that will bring you to the upper east side as well as one on Columbus Avenue to take you downtown to Lincoln Square etc.

You are 1 block from Central Park, within 5 blocks you have over 25 restaurants, delis bars, Starbucks etc.

Further details for this vacation apartment rental in Upper West Side, New York

If you stay at one of my rentals, the property will be very clean, you'll always have fresh linens and towels as well as a full kitchen complete with glasses, dishes, silverware, a coffee-maker, toaster and microwave. They also have bathroom necessities including shampoo, conditioner, soap, cue-tips, and cotton-balls.

Yes the apartment is located at 250 West 93rd street,New York NY 10025.

Hope to read back from you asap.

Regards,

Hills.

Hello Seol,

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Thanks for the details provided, yes there is internet access in the apartment with wi-fi for fast browsing, am going to issue you a payment receipt with booking confirmation code which stand as a BOND if there is any problem for you to have your refund of deposit back in full.

Here is my Attorney bank details for you to make the payment.....

Bank name: Pnc bank

holders name: Patricia J Sullivan

Account number: 5318037199

Routing number: 054000030

swift code : PNCCUS33

Bank Address: 2920n.Druid Hills Rd.NE state:Ga City:Atlanta

Our Address : 120 West 26th St New York NY 10001.

Kindly get back to me with the payment confirmation copy so that the payment receipt can be issue to you immediately.

Regards,

Hills.
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Hello Simon,

Thanks for mailing, kindly find in your email attachment a copy of the Rental agreement form, please do fill and sign it and get back to me asap with the payment confirmation copy from you, everything has been included in the fees,both the utilities and cleaning fees.

Hope to read back from you soon

Regards,

Hills.

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Hello Simon,

What do you mean you can't verify about me and the apartment? You have my phone number to call and discourse more if you want,i have given you the pictures and location of the apartment, what else do you want to believe on?

Here is my Attorney paypal account to make the [email protected].

Kindly get back to me asap with the payment confirmation copy.

Thanks.
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It is some reply of host for my e-mail. Is this looks scam?

Thank you.

Here are the URLs for the apartments at that address: http://www.themelar.com/home.html, http://www.rosenycapts.com/No-Fee-Rental/The-Melar.aspx . The businesses at 120 West 26th Street are Crescent West 26 Associates?, Empire Pump & Motor Corporation, New York Novelties Inc?., and Susan Alexander, LMHC?. Rose's address is on Madison. It doesn't match up, and that you're being asked to send money to a bank account before seeing the apartment sounds very scammy.

100% scam.

In addition to the points VX made, here are a few other key points.
-The author of those emails clearly is not American.
-The rental process as described is not how a US rental is handled.
-The scammer also doesn't understand how terminology is used in the US, which results in a key (common but major) mistake.
-Thanks to a new law passed in 2011, it is against the law in New York for apartments to be rented for less than a month at a time. That means that even if the person writing you had an apartment for rent (he doesn't,) renting it to you for 5 nights would be against the law There are certainly people who are still renting out apartments in violation of the law, but no attorney would be involved in the illegal rental.
-A search of New York attorneys shows there is no Patricia J Sullivan registered as an attorney in New York.

yes the apartment is getting over booked and i don't want my guests to be in confusion so that is why i remove the posting

This is a typical scammer excuse given when a scammer's ad is removed after being reported fraudulent.

Hi,

I just found this post.

I booked a flat with this Sullivan and made a transfert of 960 US$ to the bank account he told me.
I have no news from him since then and I'll be in NC tomorow (coming from Paris) with my wife and my kids without a falt to stay in.

If you know what I should do please help me.

Christian Cor

I am sorry Christian but the money has gone for good. You will need to sort out accomodation when you are there because what you have been told doesn't exist in any form at all. It is all invention from start to finish. You would not find anything at the addresses you are given so don't even try it. I hope you can find something.