by Con Warner
Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:50 pm
Lyn Trower <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello,
my name is Lyn, I have available the apartment in rue de la Cité 25.
Here's a little about me: I am a single British woman 41 years old, and I worked as an economist in Brussels. My contract period there expired and now I've moved back to London-my born city, to spend some time with my family and to get a job here.
The price for a month of rent is €470 including all the utilities. It has 58m2.It's fully furnished and equipped,but there is a storage where you can deposit my furniture if you want to bring your own stuff.
The apartment was recently renovated.
As I said, I'm in London because I live here now and I'm the only person who has the keys of the apartment, but I have a solution to solve this problem, so you can move in the apartment when you receive the keys.
Thank you and let me know if you have any questions for me.
Sincerely,
Lyn Trower
This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union or MoneyGram to an escrow company with a promise that he will send the keys through a courier company.
Sounds safe. It's not!
The emails claiming to be from the company are fake.
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.
