Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Michelle Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:59 am
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from: Winford Jemmings <[email protected]>
reply-to: Winford Jemmings <[email protected]>
to: Michelle Banks
date:

Dear Michelle,

We are very excited to welcome you into our home. London has so much to offer, learn and experience. My family and I have always lived in London. I am a very nurturing 44 year old Mom to two boys. I am professionally employed as an Executive Administrative Assistant to a Hospital here in London. I enjoy meeting people from all parts of the country and like learning about their culture. I love to cook and bake homemade desserts. I enjoy cleaning my house, doing laundry and ironing. Entertaining people is something I truly desire. I express a great deal of hospitality to guests in my own and I am very nurturing by nature. I prefer warm climates and love to do things outside. We also have a summer place in Scotland that we go to every weekend in the summer which has a lot of outdoor activities.

My husband Winford Jemmings is a 49 year old Interior Designer. He is very funny and loves to have fun and joke. He enjoys meeting new people and making them feel comfortable around him. His hobbies include golfing, bowling, gardening, watching television and maintaining our home. He is not much of a cook but the size of his belly will tell you he very much enjoys all of my homemade cooking. :)

Our home is a very well maintained, non smoking, smoking is allowed outside the house and we also have a dog. Our home is a very safe and secured area, At the top of our street is the local bus transportation that will take you anywhere you need to go in a short commute, depending on the time. Perhaps you might be able to commute with my husband or I. Our home is in a private area, we offer a semi-private room and full single private room. There is also a bathroom in each of the rooms, we have a working Internet WI-FI, Phone Line, Reading Room which is at the basement. I will provide you with meals and there is also laundry facilities for you to use.

From the moment you arrive in our home, we will make you feel very welcomed and we will treat you as our own. You will be very nurtured and together we will all learn about each other and experience all London has to offer and you will go home with many memories of your home-stay family in London. You will go home with many new recipes and dishes to cook for your family, you also don't need to pay for food except you wish to go to a restaurant. What we only charge you for is your rent payment, which is very affordable. I hope you have learned a little about our family through this letter. We will be looking forward to read from you soonest.


Thank you,
Mr. & Mrs. Jemmings.


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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by Michelle Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:02 am
from: Winford Jemmings <[email protected]>
reply-to: Winford Jemmings <[email protected]>
to: Michelle Banks
date:

Dear Michelle Banks,

It's really nice reading from you and thanks for your interest in our home and we the Jemmings Family would be so happy to host you in our home. Our home is at a very lovely and quiet neighborhood, it's located at 31 Curzon St City of Westminster, W1J, United Kingdom.

I have attached some pictures of our home for your view and i hope you like what you see. It is well equipped, neat, vacant and affordable. We have two available rooms, the semi room goes for $650 /month+3 square meal, and the standard private room goes for $750/month+3 square meal. The semi private room has two beds in it and a private bathroom, it is meant for two person. Also bear in mind that you'll have access to all utensils and gadgets in the room and house in general. We accommodate guest starting from one month, if you are interested in our home you will have to pay, so it would be reserved for you till when ever you would be arriving, because it will be best for you to book ahead of your coming. "First-come, first-served.

My boys are grown and they respect strangers very well, they are also fun to be with, so you are not going to have any problems with them. I anticipate your immediate response.


Best Regards,
Mr. & Mrs. Jemmings.
by Michelle Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:13 am
from: Winford Jemmings <[email protected]>
reply-to: Winford Jemmings <[email protected]>
to: Michelle Banks
date: 18 February 2013 09:08

Hi Michelle

Thanks so much for your response, we understood that you are interested in the single private room, and since you intend to stay in our house, the sum of £1,649 will be deposited before your arrival at our residence, which is £800 for the monthly rent and another £800 for the Security Deposit, £49 for pickup at the airport, do bear in mind that the Security Deposit fee is refundable, moreover the private single room is very large and the bed is a family size with windows that will enable you see outside, the reading room is where you can study and it has 2 desk in it. Their is a working Internet WiFi and you are free to use it , currently their are no home stay guest in our home, but we are expecting a female guest from Canada by the end o f this month, she has already paid for the reservation of the semi-private room.

You also have to bear in mind that the very moment any students lives with us, we will automatically become their home-stay parents and they become our responsibility. Meals are included in the rent, but if you desires to cook your own food or eat out, that is OK. You will find a home-stay form attached to this mail, do go through it carefully and fill it correctly. You will also find the payment method on the form and the contract paper work will be sent to you immediately after the payments.

However, we recognize that some students/professionals may not be able to take advantage of online payments because of local factors such as foreign currency regulations, banking controls, costs or practical issues. Therefore we only accept the offline payment method which is "Western Union Money Transfer Service". Sending money with Western Union is a simple procedure and is usually completed within few minutes.

All you need to do is go to your nearest Western Union agent with a proof of identification. Once there, you fill a Money Transfer Send Form and pay in cash. Western Union collection point staff will process your transaction and give you a 10 digit MTCN. After this, you can inform me by sending the Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) to my email address.

Note: You need to make sure that the payment goes to the name: Winford Jemmings, Location:- London, Greater London W6 7DL, United Kingdom . You are free to arrive at any time you feel like, but you have to keep us posted, make sure this form is forwarded back with the payment information.

Waiting to read from you soonest.


Sincerely,
Mr. & Mrs. Jemmings.
by alfonso2013 Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:51 am
Hello, I´m spanish and I contacted with this family by email to stay in their home a month, I´d like to know if this is a scam, thanks
by Con Warner Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:05 am
New payment request...
Note: You need to make sure that the payment goes to the name of my wife:- Tammie Green, Location: 2207 Wade Hampton Blvd Apt B204, Greenville, South Carolina 29615, United States. You are free to arrive at any time you feel like, but you have to keep us posted, make sure this form is forwarded back with the payment information. Thanking you.



Sincerely,
Jemmings Green.

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