Rental scammer - [email protected]

From: [email protected]
To: Co Warner
Subject: Re: $800 / 1br - 85ft² - Beautiful furnished studio apartment in the center of Luxembourg (Luxembourg center)

Hello,

Thanks for the mail, i am so happy to let you know that the apartment is still very much available for rent, the apartment is located in city center with lots of nice restaurants, bars, a cinema, several shops and good sports facilities. The beautiful 80 sqm flat is just on a 3 minute walk from Central Station nearby all the major bus connections throughout the city. The apartment is located at 44 Rue de Strasbourg. Luxembourg. It contains lots of privacy and it has a superb view on the street.The apartment is fully furnished with a modern floor,with heating. The living room has big windows with nice view, flat screen TV, internet connection, living room has an open layout to the kitchen and dining area with spoons,pots,pans and gas cooker. The kitchen is fully equipped with refrigerator, freezer, oven-microwave, and dishwasher, water heater. The spacious master bedroom has a large double bed,pillows,linen,the bathroom comes with a large bathtub, walk-in shower, double sink and hairdryer, small washing/storage-room with a washer & dryer.Bike storage room inside the building. The apartment comes fully furnished and equipped. All you need is a suitcase.

Available from now on for at least 1 months to a year or more. (with rental contract)
Monthly rent is $800 per calendar month including weekly cleaning and all utilities bills.$600 for the security deposit which will be refunded back to you when you are moving out of my apartment without no lost or damages of any of the properties, 1 months deposit. No fee or commission!
Secure PARKING PLACE available .

Best regards,
Eng Hassan.
+380669255993

This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union, MoneyGram or bank transfer with a promise that you can have the keys to a property that does not belong to him.

Sounds safe. It's not!

At other times, he will ask for proof that you are able to pay the deposit and rent due to a string of time wasters.
This proof is in the form of a Western Union or MoneyGram payment to a lawyer,a friend or family member.

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.

All the details such as names, addresses, pictures etc. that the scammer uses in order to back up his story, are stolen from elsewhere.

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.

1. Landlord: The Landlord is Shamkhi Hassan K Ali of 44 Rue de Strasbourg, Luxembourg.
Passport Number: 84348531.
Date of Birth: 3rd July 1973.

Printed Name of Lawyer:
Stephan S Anton.
Tell no. +380634027570,+14253122366
Fax no. 00380633413420

The reservation payment should be made to below landlord details via western union.

Name: Shamkhi A Hassan.
Address: Flat 4a, Sterling ground
City: Kiev
Country: Ukraine
Phone number: +380669255993

I got the same Email from the same person when I sent an Email to confirm about the detail of apartment in Hamburg

"Eng H Sham <[email protected]>
04:25 (40 minutes ago)

to me
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Hello,

This modern 1 bedroom apartment is located in city center with lots of nice restaurants, bars, a cinema, several shops and good sport facilities.The apartment is located at Ernst-Kabel-Stieg 3, 22087 Hamburg, Germany and it just about 1.2km distance to its station,the apartment spacious is about 80 sqm and a room is about 30 sqm.The apartment is fully furnished with a modern floor. The living room has big windows with nice view, flat-screen tv, internet connection. The living has an open layout to the kitchen and dining area. The kitchen is fully equipped with refrigerator,oven-microwave,spoons.pots,plates,pans,forks and dishwasher,water cooker. The spacious master bedroom has a double bed with pillows,linen and blanket,the bathroom comes with a large bathtub, double sink, toilet and a small washing/storage-room with a washing machine & dryer.

Attached are the pictures of the apartment,bike storage room inside the building. The apartment comes fully furnished and equipped. All you need is a suitcase.

Available from now on for at least 1 months to a year or more.
Monthly rent is 600 euros per month including weekly cleaning, utilities , 1 months deposit with 600 euros security deposit which will be return to you when you are moving out of the apartment without no lost or damage of my property. No fee or commission!
Secure PARKING PLACE available .

Send an email or call if you are interested.

Best regards,
Eng Hassan.
+380669255993"

Same exact text, same exact name being used for an apartment in Darmstadt, on http://www.justlanded.com

Thanks for posting the text, it helped me quickly establish it was indeed a scam.

This is a scam also used in Vienna, once again through the website just landed.com

http://housing.justlanded.com/en/Austri ... nt-2457622.

In this case, the phone number was +380934223521.

Thanks for posting ukrainianswindler but I cannot find evidence of a scam from the advert you posted above.
Could you please post the evidence that you have. Thanks.

Here are the names which do appear on the rental agreement form for the Vienna flat (my comments in brackets):

Landlord: The Landlord is Shamkhi Hassan K Ali of 23 Wollzeile 12.1010 Vienna, Austria (the same man who allegedly owns a flat 44 Luxembourg street, Strasbourg).
Passport Number: 84348531 (Same passport number as in Strasbourg).
Date of Birth: 3rd July 1973 (Same date of birth as in Strasbourg).


By mail, the Landlord present himself as Eng Hassan A <[email protected]>

Printed Name of Lawyer:
Steph Anton (Same lawyer as Stephan S Anton, mentioned in the Strasbourg agreement).
[email protected]