Room for Rent and other rental scams
by rigdriver Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:18 am
Re : 580 $ - LUXURIOUS STUDIO in HEART OF DOWNTOWN !
March 10, 2013 9:21 PM
From: [email protected] On Behalf Of: David Yurlan

To: [email protected]
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Hey,


Thank you for your interest in my apartment located in 10118 106 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5H 2T3 . The apartment is in excellent condition and it's just like in the pictures, very clean and very well taken. Honestly from point of view I'm sure that you will rent it on spot. I'm not looking to make a business or a profit with the apartment, I'm just trying to find a good and trust person to take good care of the place.It is furnished but if you want you can use your furniture and deposit mine in the storage unit that is located near the building not far away. The rent is 580 CAD/month with everything included (heat, hydro, water, electricity, cable and internet-full package from Rogers, 2 parking spots, laundry in-suite, washer and dryer). You will have full access to all the amenities of the building. Pets are allowed. I stayed in the apartment with my wife for 3 months. I'm a civil engineer and I work for a company that has an auction for a project in construction in London, United Kingdom, so my accommodation period in England will be about 4 years. Everything in the apartment is new so there will be no need for repairs.

Thank you and look forward hearing from you!
David

PS : I attached you all the pictures that I have with the apartment ( as you can see everything is in absolutely perfect condition ) .


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by torontogirl123 Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:28 am
[email protected] another email to the same scammer!

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Hey,

Thank you for your interest in my apartment located in 25 Capreol Crt., Toronto, M5V 3Z7. The apartment is in excellent condition and it's just like in the pictures, very clean and very well taken. Honestly from point of view I'm sure that you will rent it on spot. I'm not looking to make a business or a profit with the apartment, I'm just trying to find a good and trust person to take good care of the place. The apartment has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It is furnished but if you want you can use your furniture and deposit mine in the storage unit that is located near the building not far away. The rent is 1100 CAD/month with everything included (heat, hydro, water, electricity, cable and internet-full package, 2 parking spots, laundry in-suite, washer and dryer). You will have full access to all the amenities of the building. Pets are allowed. I stayed in the apartment with my wife for 3 months. I'm a civil engineer and I work for a company that has an auction for a project in construction in London, United Kingdom, so my accommodation period in England will be about 4 years. Everything in the apartment is new so there will be no need for repairs.
Thank you and look forward hearing from you!
David

PS : I attached you all the pictures that I have with the apartment ( as you can see everything is in absolutely perfect condition ) .
by Bubbles Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:00 pm
Scammers use scripts on their victims. They often only change the fake name they are using. Sometimes, they purchase a script, or are part of a scamming group/gang so they are given their script by the leaders.

Thank you for posting this information!

Bubbles, former Scamwarners moderator.

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by tiamarie Tue May 21, 2013 12:00 am
[email protected]
Is also another email attached to this guy.
I got the same thing from him, only the place is $760 this time. the pictures of the place are gorgeous so i'm sure someone will unfortunately get sucked into this.


Hey,

Thank you for your interest in my apartment located in 10118 106 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5H 2T3. The apartment is in excellent condition and it's just like in the pictures, very clean and very well taken. Honestly from point of view I'm sure that you will rent it on spot. I'm not looking to make a business or a profit with the apartment, I'm just trying to find a good and trust person to take good care of the place. The apartment has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It is furnished but if you want you can use your furniture and deposit mine in the storage unit that is located near the building not far away. The rent is 760 CAD/month with everything included (heat, hydro, water, electricity, cable and internet-full package from Rogers, 2 parking spots, laundry in-suite, washer and dryer). You will have full access to all the amenities of the building. Pets are allowed. I stayed in the apartment with my wife for 3 months. I'm a civil engineer and I work for a company that has an auction for a project in construction in London, United Kingdom, so my accommodation period in England will be about 4 years. Everything in the apartment is new so there will be no need for repairs.

Thank you and look forward hearing from you!
David

PS : I attached you all the pictures that I have with the apartment ( as you can see everything is in absolutely perfect condition ) .
by deke Tue May 28, 2013 12:10 pm
Hi,

This person is trying to do the exact same thing in Montreal but for an apartment for $870CAD. Same script same story, everything. He was going under the name of David Piatek and using the email [email protected]. He is trying to use a service called sparkrent to scam people out of their money and I notified them as well.
by ky_jessy Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:14 pm
got the same email below from [email protected]
I knew it was too good to be true :?


Hey,

Thank you for your interest in my apartment located in 33 Bay St, Toronto, ON M5J 1B7. The apartment is in excellent condition and it's just like in the pictures, very clean and very well taken. Honestly from point of view I'm sure that you will rent it on spot. I'm not looking to make a business or a profit with the apartment, I'm just trying to find a good and trust person to take good care of the place. The apartment has 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom. It is furnished but if you want you can use your furniture and deposit mine in the storage unit that is located near the building not far away. The rent is 860 CAD/month with everything included (heat, hydro, water, electricity, cable and internet-full package from Rogers, 2 parking spots, laundry in-suite, washer and dryer). You will have full access to all the amenities of the building. Pets are allowed. I stayed in the apartment with my wife for 3 months. I'm a civil engineer and I work for a company that has an auction for a project in construction in London, United Kingdom, so my accommodation period in England will be about 4 years. Everything in the apartment is new so there will be no need for repairs.

Thank you and look forward hearing from you!
David

PS : I attached you all the pictures that I have with the apartment ( as you can see everything is in absolutely perfect condition ) .
by edzom Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:58 pm
Another email attached to this person is [email protected]
Here is the emails attached:

Hey,

Thank you for your interest in my apartment located in 10118 106 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5H 2T3. The apartment is in excellent condition and it's just like in the pictures, very clean and very well taken. Honestly from point of view I'm sure that you will rent it on spot. I'm not looking to make a business or a profit with the apartment, I'm just trying to find a good and trust person to take good care of the place. The apartment has 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom. It is furnished but if you want you can use your furniture and deposit mine in the storage unit that is located near the building not far away. The rent is 640 CAD/month with everything included (heat, hydro, water, electricity, cable and internet-full package from Rogers, 2 parking spots, laundry in-suite, washer and dryer). You will have full access to all the amenities of the building. Pets are allowed. I stayed in the apartment with my wife for 3 months. I'm a civil engineer and I work for a company that has an auction for a project in construction in London, United Kingdom, so my accommodation period in England will be about 4 years. Everything in the apartment is new so there will be no need for repairs.

Thank you and look forward hearing from you!


He also provided a site that would apparently "help" with payment: http://www.ClickandBuy.com
He provided a number also. We called him and asked if we could "see" the apartment, checking to see what he would respond with. He insisted on us sending him a payment before anything.
by eyesoon Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:59 pm
I have got the same email from <[email protected]>

This is the first email:

Hey,

Thank you for your interest in my apartment located in 65 Boulevard René-Lévesque Est, H2X 1N7. The apartment is in excellent condition and it's just like in the pictures, very clean and very well taken. Honestly from point of view I'm sure that you will rent it on spot. I'm not looking to make a business or a profit with the apartment, I'm just trying to find a good and trust person to take good care of the place. The apartment has 1 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms. It is furnished but if you want you can use your furniture and deposit mine in the storage unit that is located near the building not far away. The rent is 720 CAD/month with everything included (heat, hydro, water, electricity, cable and internet-full package, 2 parking spots, laundry in-suite, washer and dryer). You will have full access to all the amenities of the building. Pets are allowed. I stayed in the apartment with my wife for 3 months. I'm a civil engineer and I work for a company that has an auction for a project in construction in London, United Kingdom, so my accommodation period in England will be about 4 years. Everything in the apartment is new so there will be no need for repairs.

Thank you and look forward hearing from you!
David

PS : I attached you all the pictures that I have with the apartment ( as you can see everything is in absolutely perfect condition ) .



This is the second emial:

Thank you for your reply. As I told you before the rent for 1 month will be 720CAD and damage deposit 720CAD ( last month) with no extra fees and you will have full access to all the amenities of the building. The price will not increase for the whole period that you will stay there. I would also like to know how many people will live in the apartment and also which rental contract do you prefer- 6 months or 1 year rental contract with option of renewal. The monthly payments can be wired to my Canadian Bank Account (TD Bank) or we can setup a payment method that is suitable for both of us.

The apartment is in excellent condition, you only need to receive the keys and the contract so you could check it out, and see if you like it. Since at this moment I'm in London, United Kingdom and obviously we need a safe way to complete this deal.The solution is a worldwide third party company called SparkRent (http://www.SparkRent.com) ,they will provide assistance in handling the payment and delivery of the rental package

We use this company to see that you are an trusting and serious person. They will provide assistance in handling the payment and delivery of the rental package . With this procedure you will be able to check the apartment before I receive the payment. Please be aware that is NOT necessary for you to register with SparkRent given that I'm a registered user for 4 years and I've made over 30 transactions with them so far. They are really professional and they have great services.

My phone number is +44 2032890991 (if you are calling from Canada you may need to dial 011- 442032890991 ). You can call me or e-mail anytime you wish.

Let me know if you are interested so I can provide with all the steps of this transaction . You need to know everything about this process before we get this started. I think is right for both of us.

Thank you and hope to hear from you soon!

David


I can't belive I was going to pay before I made a quich search. We talked on the phone and he didn't want to talk much.

Added quotation. (BW)
by katflying Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:17 pm
Thank you for posting this, as I was getting impatient with my correspondence with this potential landlord in trying to view the apartment. It appears that he is running this same scam in Calgary.

The emails are word-for-word the same and my latest email with him included a passport photo and phone numbers for him in London. He is posing as or is Christopher Neuner.

From: Christopher Neuner <[email protected]>
Date: 9 March 2014 17:25
Subject: Re: 660$CAD - Stylish Studio in Downtown - Available immediately
To: [email protected]


Hey,

Thank you for your interest in my apartment located in 1111 - 6 Avenue Southwest, T2P 5M5. The apartment is in excellent condition and it's just like in the pictures, very clean and very well taken. Honestly from point of view I'm sure that you will rent it on spot. I'm not looking to make a business or a profit with the apartment, I'm just trying to find a good and trust person to take good care of the place. It is furnished but if you want you can use your furniture and deposit mine in the storage unit that is located near the building not far away. The rent is 660 CAD/month with everything included (heat, hydro, water, electricity, cable and internet-full package, 2 parking spots, laundry in-suite, washer and dryer). You will have full access to all the amenities of the building. Pets are allowed. I stayed in the apartment with my wife for 3 months. I'm a civil engineer and I work for a company that has an auction for a project in construction in London, United Kingdom, so my accommodation period in United Kingdom will be about 4 years. Everything in the apartment is new so there will be no need for repairs.
Chris
PS : I attached you all the pictures that I have with the apartment (as you can see everything is in absolutely perfect condition)
by trinitys Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:15 pm
Thank God for the Sixth sense !! Googling a bit on spark rent brought me to this page and found out he's a total scammer .

This ad for Rental property was published in craiglist as $650CAD Luxury Studio in Downtown

This person is trying to do the exact same thing in Victoria BC but for an apartment for $650 CAD. Same script same story, everything. He was going under the name of Cristopher Senner and using the email <[email protected]> . He is trying to use a service called sparkrent to scam people out of their money and I notified them as well.
He also attached a copy of his passport too .
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Thank you for your reply. As I told you before the rent for 1 month will be 650CAD and damage deposit 650CAD ( last month) with no extra fees and you will have full access to all the amenities of the building. The price will not increase for the whole period that you will stay there. I would also like to know how many people will live in the apartment and also which rental contract do you prefer- 6 months or 1 year rental contract with option of renewal. The monthly payments can be wired to my Canadian Bank Account (TD Bank) or we can setup a payment method that is suitable for both of us.

The apartment is in excellent condition, you only need to receive the keys and the contract so you could check it out, and see if you like it. Since at this moment I'm in London, United Kingdom and obviously we need a safe way to complete this deal.The solution is a worldwide third party company called SparkRent (http://www.SparkRent.com) ,they will provide assistance in handling the payment and delivery of the rental package

We use this company to see that you are an trusting and serious person. They will provide assistance in handling the payment and delivery of the rental package . With this procedure you will be able to check the apartment before I receive the payment. Please be aware that is NOT necessary for you to register with SparkRent given that I'm a registered user for 4 years and I've made over 30 transactions with them so far. They are really professional and they have great services.

My phone number is +44 203 286 1653(if you are calling from Canada you may need to dial 011-44 203 286 1653). You can call me or e-mail anytime you wish.

Let me know if you are interested so I can provide with all the steps of this transaction . You need to know everything about this process before we get this started. I think is right for both of us.

Thank you and hope to hear from you soon!
[u]


Third Mail
This transaction is not made face to face, this is the whole reason for using SparkRent, for both of us to be 100% protected. For security and for your peace of mind I had attached an copy of my PASSPORT to see that I am very serious about everything.

Regarding the process, you will only have to deposit to SparkRent the first month of rent from contract and damage deposit 650 $ + 650 $ = 1300 $ CAD so they can proceed with the shipping, and you can receive the rental package (keys and documents). I will pay for a 2 days delivery so you will receive the keys and the contract signed by me right away. I will explain you step by step how this process will work:

1 - To start the process all I need is your full info(full name, address and a cell phone number).
2 - I will go at SparkRent to deposit the keys and the contract on your name as the intended receiver.
3 - SparkRent will check the package to see if everything is in order and also the legal papers that will come along with the keys and proof of ownership with their Real Estate Professional Department in London. They will also confirm with the building manager that I'm the legal owner of the apartment I'm renting to you.
4 - SparkRent will send you a delivery notification to let you know they have the keys and the papers in their custody in which you will also have all the payment instructions to complete the wire transfer to the SparkRent bank account .
5 - At this point you will have to make a money deposit on the SparkRent bank account for the amount we agreed, the total amount you shall deposit for the first month of rent ( and damage deposit ) . The payment needs to be sent within 24 hours after you receive the transaction details or else they will charge me an additional fee.
6 - After you make the deposit you will have to send the payment details to SparkRent .
7 - SparkRent will verify the transfer and if everything is in order they will start the shipping procedures using UPS or TNT Next Day Shipping Service .

8 - After you receive the package, you will go and check the apartment and in 5 days (inspection time) you must contact SparkRent to inform them if you keep the apt or not and if everything is in order you will instruct SparkRent to send me the information about the money deposit and I will be able to receive the funds. If you don`t like the apartment they will be sending the money back to you and you will send back the keys and contract. SparkRent can't release the funds without your approval.

Let me know if you have the funds available (1300 CAD$) so we can move forward and e-mail me your full information I requested. Any further questions regarding the transaction you can call or e-mail me.

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