Room to Rent Scammer -Sandra Meyers

From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: $419 Home to Share
To: Michelle
Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 12:03 PM

** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY --- AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
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Hello Leaser,
My name is Sandra Meyers, am an pediatric nurse and a make up artist as part time,i was opportune to see and i read through your posting on craigslist.com concerning the advert you posted, i am expressing my sheer interest in taking up the room, what are the modalities in taking up the place, please have the requirements sent in these form
*Total rent Required before moving in
* Utility Bills
I will be anxiously waiting for your email ,I want you to know that i really need the room now and i am the serious type paying rent ,when emailing me please tell me more about the place and more pics if you have...I am open to any type of lease..
Kind Regards
Thanks.

I found this page through google, I recieved an email from this person, which made me hesitate on whether or not I should continue communications. How can I be sure that this person is a scammer?

Welcome Nekkiu,

If Michelle has posted this person, there is already no doubt it is a scammer. She specializes in this type of scam and would have verified this before posting.

I can also tell you, without researching this one further, that the response is an extremely typical scam response, and the specific English mistakes tell me that the email was written by an African. The "serious type" is also consistent with a scammer, as well as the immediate request for a total (most likely the scammer intends to send a fake overpayment). It is also unlikely that someone would be working as a nurse and makeup artist--those are two very different skill sets requiring completely different educations.