Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Michelle Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:39 am
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Home Home <[email protected]> wrote:
Good Day ,
I did get your response concerning my AD on Craigslist. my name is Doctor Scott Murray I am the owner of the house you are making inquiry of. The house is STILL AVAILABLE but presently I'm not around with my family, we are away to Birmingham Alabama 35211, and I am renting this house to a responsible and honest person or family who has the fear of God that can treat my house as his or her own....I would like you to know that i am giving this property out for rent because i have been posted to Birmingham Alabama as an Pediatrician (KID'S DOCTOR) and I will spend couple of years before i would be through with my assignment , Even when im back from the assignment, me and my family had decided moving to our other home in Birmingham Alabama ,Kindly check some information about the house and complete the tenant application form below if you are still interested on my home and please be honest with details to enable us choose the right tenant..Try and understand that its not money that matter to us but what really matter is to have the right person to occupy our apartment and that was the reason why we are not charging any fee on utilities and pets, alright! You can drive in and check the house from the outside and you can see the interior part of the house because i have the keys to the entrance with me, alright!
These are some information of the house:
Number of Bedrooms:4
Number of baths: 2.0
Square footage: 1037
Rent Fund:$600
Refundable security Deposit:$400
Utilities: washer,dryer,Refrigerator, electricity, Stove/Oven ..(NO UTILITIES CHARGES, already included on the rent)
Available :Available Now for move in.
Also know that the utilities had been take care of in the rent.
This is the address of the House (9010 - 157 Street Edmonton (West) Alberta T5E 2A8)

SO IF YOU ARE REALLY INTERESTED I WILL WANT YOU TO FILL THE RENT APPLICATION FORM BELOW.
RENT APPLICATION FORM.
The Landlord acknowledges the Confidentiality of this Document.
Full Name__________________________ ________________________
Home Phone ( ) _______________________
Date of Birth_________________________ ________
Other Phone ( ) ___________________
Current Address_______________________ ________Apt#________
City__________________ State______ Zip________
Reasons for Leaving_______________________ _____Rent $__________
Are you married_______________________ _____
How many people will be living in the house_________________________ ___
Do you have a pet___________________________
Do you have a car___________________________ _
Occupation____________________ ________
How long do you want to rent this home_____________________
Move In Date__________________________ _
Do you have the payment with you_____________________
How soon can you pay the deposit_____________________
Reference Contact Name and Address if Any_____________________
Looking forward to hearing from you with all this details, so that i can have it in my file in case of issuing the receipt for you and contacting you. Await your urgent reply so that we can discuss on how to get the document and the keys to you, please we are giving you all this based on trust and again i will want you to stick to your words, you know that we have not seen yet and only putting everything into Gods hands, so please do not let us down in this our property and God bless you more as you do this. The house is available for rent at the moment so you are free to move in as soon as you wish to. Feel free to get back to me for more information and arrangements on how to get the keys and other necessary documents delivered to you.
Get back to me asap.

Warm Regards
Scott Murray


On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Home Home <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello,

Thanks for your mail, i have gotten your information and everything is confirmed by my wife and daughter and we are satisfied with it OK, so i want you to know that i will have your address forwarded to the FedEx, so as soon as i confirm the payment, i will instruct the FedEx to ship the keys and documents to your present address OK. You will be sending the payment which is the deposit through Money Gram in a Walmart or Grocery Store near you OK. So once again below is the package that i will be sending to your present address and once again please promise me that as soon as you receive the keys and document of my house, you will really take very good care my house and i believe i can trust in you.

1) Entrance and the rooms Keys
2) Paper/Permanent house form
3) The house documentary file.
4) Full Description of the house and the address of the house
5) Payment Receipt
6) Signed Lease Agreement Form you are supposed to also sign and get it
sent back to me..

Here is how to make the payment for the shipment through any money gram Walmart store store near you and follow the instruction below. Go to any Money Gram Walmart store and make the payment confirm the refundable deposit quickly to enable me ship out the package today with the information below:

RECEIVER'S NAME:- Jared Newton
RECEIVERS ADDRESS:- 453 Hunt Drive
City : Macungie
State :- PA
ZIP CODE:- 18062
COUNTRY:- U.S.A.


After you've made the payment, just get back to me with the payment details
in the order giving below on E-mail.

SENDERS NAME:- ???
REFERENCE:- ???
AMOUNT SENT:- ???
SENDERS ADDRESS:-???

As soon as i confirm the payment, I will send the necessary documents and
keys of the house to you through FEDEX and get back to you with the
Tracking number and the arrival time of the documents and the keys ok hope
all this is clear to you and hope to read back from you soon.

Thanks and God bless


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 a Money Transfer Service 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 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 ! These 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 or other Money Transfer Services 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.
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