Room for Rent Scammer - Victoria Sanchez

from Victoria Sanchez < [email protected] >
to Michelle
date Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 8:23 PM
subject Love to move in
mailed-by gmail.com



Hello
Thanks once again for the reply,I am very happy meeting a person like
you,It's nice meeting you and i will never ever want to loose the the
place ,you did inspire me,I want You to know that i am okay with the
place got to believe that the people that are around someone matters
most,i believe that you'll be a nice person,I want you to know that i
have my dresser,computer table,kitchen utensils and 2 big luggage and
my car
to be shipped..I'll love to secure place so that so that i wont loose
the place and with the way we have communicated,I am okay with all you
have said and i want you to know that i don't want to make any plan
without securing a place down now,so i have let my uncle understand
that i have gotten a place and told
him about the place,He is comfortable with it too,so i thought of it
and i will be making payment to hold down the place as i cant afford
to loose it at all, and the mode of payment will be the Most
acceptable,easier,safer and reliable means of payment which is a
certified Money order,please provide me with the following information
to get the payment to you.Your full name as it will appear on the
payment,or your work place address to ensure delivery in your hands
when not at home through regular mails or a courier service,and your
phone number on the package to avoid package missing in transit. I
will prefer to send to any of the addresses just to ensure safe
delivery .Kindly get back to me with this requested address contact
information so that we can proceed,I do not want to loose the
place.And to let you know it is not that i have bunch of
furniture,just my car and my personal effects...I also want you to
know that if i secure the place now,i can move on formally,please
understand that..
Feel free to ask me any question(s) you have okay

Thanks...
Victoria

What's the motive tho?

This is a scammer that wants to rent your rooms - normally after you have advertised your room on an Internet listing site.

The scammer has no interest in whatever was being advertised, and nobody will be calling. He wanted to send you a (counterfeit) cheque or money order for far more than you were expecting and hoped that you would cash it, and send his non-existent shipping company a large portion of the money before your own bank or cashing agent realised that the cheque or money order was bad and pursued YOU for the return of the FULL AMOUNT, possibly pressing charges against YOU for attempted fraud and money laundering.

RE: motive? THey send you a fake certified check above the required amount and request you send them back money for some reason.

I replied to a SF Craigslist posting for a roommate. Here is Victoria Sanchez trying to scam me:

Thanks for the response to my introductory mail Posting,I really do appreciate the breakdown details of the room. I'll be so glad if you can reserve the room for me as i'll love to rent the place.I am a humanitarian officer involved in projects that includes orphans,orphanages,heart related diseases in children betweeen the ages of 4-5yrs.I will be staying for a minimum of 8months.
Am 25 years old from Canada,I don't drink nor smoke but i'm cool living with people that do,no pets and no boyfriend because I am a very busy woman.I like honest,responsible,trustworthy and handworking people while I dislike lazy,messy,uncaring people and I love pets so much,am quiet and easy going person to live with.. I'm 5"7' straight. I always love to go on date but seldomly party. I swim for fun and sometimes play tennis.
I like the job cos we are working in collaboration with the world health organisation,hospital,health centres,medical and other health related instutitions,it also involves travelling which is one of my hobbies,
I must confess i'm comfortable with the cost of the room and its quite reasonable and affordable . I will like to make the payment for the first month ahead of my arrival, and then i will make subsequent payment thereafter as i plan to stay for more than 8months,'ve told my boss about this and he promised to make sure that he will meet up with the payment so that I can depart from here as scheduled.He also said I will have the advantage to make payment for deposit .I should arrive to US on before the Date 20th of July, so pls keep room for me till my arrival.He also said my mode of payment will be the Most acceptable,easier,safer and reliable means of payment which is United State Certified money order so pls let me know if this mode of payment is ok by you.
And if YES pls provide me with the following information to get the payment to you.Your full name as it will appear on the payment,your work place address to ensure delivery in your hands through regular mails or a courier service,your phone number on the package to avoid package missing in transit.I will prefer to send to your work address because you will always be available at work from morning till evening but if home address it will be sitting in your mail and no one will be at home to receive the package.And if you don't receive package at your office address then I guess your home address will be good for the delivery right ? But to avoid any delay of you receiving at home then I guess work address will be fine what do you think ? Kindly get back to me with this requested address contact information bellow so that we can proceed asap,do get back to me with your full information,

(1)your full name .
(2)your contact address .not po box address
(3)your phone # .
(4)your email address so that my boss can sent the payment to you ok.

Feel free to ask me any question(s) you have okay...
Hope to read from you soon.
Kindest Regards,
Victoria

NB.............Here is my picture in the attach

(...and she included a foto of some woman who does NOT look like a "Sanchez")