Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Od1n707 Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:24 pm
Hello everyone,

I'm new to this, and as a collge student, I don't have much experience. I'm looking to move out of the dorms, and I came across an ad for an unbelievably low monthly rent. Lots of things struck me as fishy, but I'd like to get some information from anyone with experience or similar cases? Thank you for your time!

~Daniel

PS- I purposefully took out the last four digits of the phone number for privacy reasons.

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Hi,
Thank you very much for the reply and interest in my home. I am the owner of the home in 6975 East El Roble Street, Long Beach CA, 90815, 92627. Actually I resided in the home with my family before and presently we had moved out now situated in the florida because of my missionary call where I work with a group called (First Baptist Hurst ) And presently we want to give out our house for rent to a clean and tidy person.

Our home is available now for rent at $900 with a security deposit of $1100 including internet and electricity. I want to let you know that money is not our problem but what we are looking for is absolute care of the home when you pack into the home. We are looking out for someone that can always keep the home clean and tidy.So please I want you to stand on the agreement you will make with us.

We are kind and honest people,we don't like disappointing people and we don't want anyone to disappoint me.We spent a lot on our house that we want to give to you for rent.I had an idea of selling the house, so I have to look for an agent but eventually my wife advised me on selling the house.I reasoned with her and accepted her advice. So I contacted the agency back and requested for my keys and documents. Later we decided to keep the house rented, we would have given the same agent this job, but the fact of the matter is that the agent would need to hold it professionally and the lessee may not be able to cause along with him later and more some I do not have anyone in the area I can leave the keys behind with so that is why I posted ad myself. If you notice the price we are offering is far below normal price and I this is enough for you to know that we are not after the rental fee but the entire care for the property. I know there is no way we can be sure that you are the right person to live in the house because we would not be able to meet physically before sending you the keys and the documents to occupy the property.

What really happened is this, we are not giving the home out for rent just because of money but because of our recent work in florida.So we will solicit for your absolute maintenance of our house. We want you to treat it as yours when you move in, I hope this is very clear to you? I want you to keep it tidy all the time so that we will be glad to see it neat and clean whenever we visit the you.
I want to let you know that there is no one there in the state to show you the inside of the house as the keys and all documents of the house are here with us and we shall get it shipped to you via FEDEX Courier Service as soon as you are ready to move in.You can go check out the house and the neighborhood from the outside and get back to me if you really like it for more information.If you are alright with this, do provide the information below. All I need from you is to be able to take good care of home, as yours.

KINDLY CONFIRM YOUR INTEREST BY FILLING THE FORM BELOW.

Rental Application

Applicant Information

First Name:
Last Name:
Date of birth:
PROFESSION:
Cell Phone:
Home Phone:

Current Home Address:
City:
State:
ZIP Code:
HOW LONG?:

KIDS _____ (YES/NO)
HOW MANY:
IF RENTING WHY ARE YOU LEAVING?:
IF THIS PROPERTY IS BEING GIVEN TO YOU, HOW LONG DO YOU INTEND STAYING?:
WHEN DO YOU INTEND MOVING IN?:
IF YOU HAVE A PET, NAME OF PET:
KIND OF PETS:
HABITS:
None:

Personal References / Emergency Contacts.

First Name:
Last Name:
Relationship:
City:
State:
ZIP Code:
Cell Phone:
Home Number:


Thanks and God bless you.
James E Korselius
(214) 702-xxxx
Best Regards.

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by rigdriver Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:51 pm
typical scamm buddy allways missionary work lol then they forgot to leave the keys etc... dont go for it walk away..

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by rigdriver Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:53 pm
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another variation.. allways they forget to leave keys with some one.. what a bunch of forgetfull a******s lol



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by jolly_roger Sat Mar 09, 2013 2:57 am
This being another scam Od1n707. Take note of, I want to let you know that there is no one there in the state to show you the inside of the house as the keys and all documents of the house are here with us and we shall get it shipped to you
No-one in their right mind takes house keys and property documents with them when travelling.

If you scroll to the top of the screen, the site search function is visible. Type in the words, rental scam, house scam or similar. The results will amaze. All these type of scams follow a very familiar theme. May I suggest you visit a proper real estate offfice in your own local area. You would be most wise to stop communicating with the scammer.

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