Rental scammer - [email protected]

From: [email protected]
To: Con Warner
Subject: RE: Request for your Offer at Starflats.co.uk
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:11

Thanks for the sincere interest you have in my flat and my flat is still available. My flat is located in a conducive environment,it is a one bed room flat. Not a shared flat, and well Furnished with all kitchen utensils complete. My flat is available for Short and long term rent. The rent is affordable and you can be my Successful tenant if you can afford the rent, when it is due in every month.

I have a questions for you to make progress,

Do you have what it takes to make flat clean or can you keep my flat Clean?, Where are you coming from to stay in my flat (in the UK or Outside UK)?, Have you rented an apartment before in the past?, Do you have any form of reference here in Brighton?,For how long do you Intend to stay in my flat?.

My Flat is 350GBP PER MONTH, 87GBP PER WEEK, 650GBP AS DEPOSIT (Returnable at your first week of stay in my flat) AND ALSO NOTE THAT ALL UTILITY BILLS ARE INCLUDED IN THE RENT (WATER, GAS, COUNCIL TAX, TV LICENSE AND WIRELESS INTERNET) AND ALL PETS ARE ALLOWED, PROVIDED YOU CLEAN UP THE MESS MADE BY ANY PET.

I hope to hear from you for further information you will need from me.

Thanks and hope to reading from you soon.

Best Regards
Mr/Mrs Richard

This person asks for proof that you are able to pay the deposit and rent (for a property that he does not own) due to a string of time wasters.
This proof is in the form of a cash or bank transfer either to him, his lawyer, your friend or a family member.

Sounds safe. It's not!

At other times, this person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union or Moneygram with the promise that they will send the keys through a courier company.

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.

[email protected] :

Thanks for getting back to me, I am a God fearing woman. I wouldn't want you to get me wrong and am not asking you to pay before the viewing, the idea of making a confirmation of your financial ability is not only my idea, my lawyer and i decided to use that process and i can't violate my lawyer procedure.

However, i didn't want to collect any money from you as long as you have not sign a contract neither have i taken you round my flat. All what i request of you is to transfer the deposit of £650 to your self or any of your close relations in UK through the Western union Post Office, Make your name as the receiver name and may be your close friend or relative name as the sender's name to your destined address in the UK,am not asking you to send it to me because it will be improper for me to collect any money from you.once you've done that, you get back to me with a scan copy of the transfer receipt so that i can forward it to my lawyer to confirm if the transfer is valid and your financial ability,we can finalize with the viewing at once.

After the confirmation might have been made by my lawyer, i will ask you to tell you friend to pick up the money and schedule a convenient day for the viewing. If eventually you don't want to proceed with the rent, i promise to return the cost of the transfer without any deduction. Western unionPost Office is the fast and easiest way to send money. Here is the western union Post Office transfer procedure below"

1.Locate the western union Post Office around you.
2.Pick up the form of transfer and fill in the details which needs to be filled and return back to the post master.Details needed on the form are {sender name;your friend or relative and address.}{receiver name and address which is your name to your destined address in UK}
3. Return back to the post master with the cash you are transferring to your partner or friend and wait for the receipt to be returned back to you.
4. Scan the receipt to me and give me a call so i can check it if its truly genuine and available in your friend's custody.
5. After it has been confirmed on the website,then we can proceed for the viewing and you can as well tell your friend or partner to pick up the money

Kindly let me know your opinion in time in other to avoid time wasting and hope to hear from you soonest.