Rental scammer - [email protected]

From: christopher Wenham <[email protected]>
Date: April 8, 2013 11:11
To: Con Warner
Subject: EUR500 / 65ft&sup2; - Comfortable One Bedroom Apartment (Rome)
Reply-To: christopher Wenham <[email protected]>

Hello,
Thanks so much for your email regarding to my apartment,my apartment is still very much available for rent.Here are some important information about the apartment.The apartment is located at Via della Vite, 90, Roma, 00187 RM, Italy The apartment is spacious
FLAT ADDRESS: Via della Vite, 90, Roma, 00187 RM, Italy
Bedroom: One Bedroom
Bathroom: One Bathroom and toilet
Kitchen: Yes
Living room: Yes
Rent Amount/Per month: 500EUR
Security Deposit: 500EUR
Furnished: Yes
Min period: 1 month
Max period: 3 Years
Available: Immediately
The open kitchen is fully equipped with all appliances. The spacious bathroom offers a bath as well as a shower, The toilet is also together with bathroom,the deposit is refundable when parking out without any lost or damage of my apartment.
My apartment is well furnished and well decorated with a lot of facility such as: Wireless internet facilities, Phone, Microwave, Dish washer, washing machine, Dryer, Refrigerator, Bathroom, Toilet, Bedroom, kitchen, utility room and the bills is included in the rent amount and also you will be using all this facility alone without sharing with any body. Attach are some pictures of how my Apartment looks like.That is the information you need to know about my Apartment.but presently am not available in Roma for now as am presently in United kingdom now to complete my work with my company and am here with my families and my keys.But all you need to do is to go straight to the address i sent you to take a look of the apartment from outside ,But i want you to have it mind that the apartment is presently locked and am here with the keys.that is the reason why i sent you my apartment picture just for you to have an idea of how the inside looks like.you will be living in my apartment without sharing it with anybody.My apartment is at the down floor of the building and it is available for short term and long term basis because am going to be here for 3 years and i dont want my apartment to be dusty when coming back After 3 years,that is the main reason why am renting out my apartment.
But before any reservation,Can you tell me little about yourself,Anything you think you want me to know about you.
where are you from and also where are you presently?
what is your experience in renting an apartment?
Have you ever rent an apartment before?
Did you smoke?
Did you have pet?
did you take drugs?
did you have car?
Are you going to stay alone?
Are you paying the rent yourself?
What are you doing for living?
How old are you?
What is your gender?
Phone number?
Your picture ?
Kindly get back to me so that i can tell you on how to get my Apartment reserved.
Best Regards
Christopher

This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union, MoneyGram or bank transfer with a promise that you can have the keys to a property that does not belong to him.

Sounds safe. It's not!

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.

Hello,

I would like to signal that this man, presumed to call Christopher Wenham, is cheating also in Belgium. I found him on a website called expatriates.com Here is the email he sent me:


Hello ,

Thanks for getting back to me with the details. Here is little about myself .....My name is Wenham Christopher Nigel,I was born in United Kingdom.My father is from United Kingdom why my mother from Brussel.i live in Spain for 40 years,I was sick some times ago and had a surgery on my throat that affect my voice till today , Cracking voice.i was born in 21 SEP 1948, am married with 2 kids,Am nice, faithful, loyal, honest, caring, open minded,I work with MoneySupermrket company here in United Kingdom.i dont smoke but i drink socially.i love pet,I love warm weather, tropical drinks and sandy beaches. I like to party and have fun.

Two years ago, I Inherit the apartment from my late mother who is from Brussel.It's because am the only child and also here working for my company in United Kingdom and there is no way i could come to take good care of the apartment myself thats why i am looking for a reliable tenant who is going to take good care of this apartment for me in my absence

Whenever i traveled like that, I make use of house agent or a friend of mine over there but they cheated a lot on my tenants and my tenants complains alot about that. Thats is the reason why i took the keys along with me because i dont want my apartment to be used anyhow in my absence.

Also,I would like to put my trust in you.

So I hope you can promise me that you are going to take very good care of my apartment in my absence.

For you to get the place reserved we will both sign my rental agreement contract which is prepared by my lawyer, which is documented with Belgian's law and it is going to stand as guarantee for both of us.

I will send it to your email box and you are going to print it, read it,sign it, scan it, email it back to me and after that you will go ahead with your payment

Your fisrt month rent and security deposit . Once your payment is confirmed by me, i will post the keys and the receipt of your payment to you via DHL courier service .it is just 1-2 days delivery and email you the shipping code for you to know when the keys will be deliver to you so that you can have your keys and move into my apartment.

Do get back to me with the below informations so that we can proceed further:

Your full name:
Your full Current address:
Nationality:
Passport id:
Date of birth:
Move in date and out:
Phone number:
Mobile Number:

I shall be waiting for the above informations soonest. Please make sure you send me your correct current address because i would use that in posting down the keys and the payment receipt to you after we must have concluded the contract. Feel free to call me anytime so that we can discuss more. +442843780018

Best regards,
Christopher

I found 'Wenham Christopher Nigel' on Craigslist ROME. He was offering a really nice apartment, good price and excellent location. He says he is not in the country so I'd have to send money to him and he would send me the keys. It sounded too good to be true so I Googled him and found him on here. Such a shame!

From what I have seen on scamwarners so far his mother is from Rome, Zurich and Brussels.

Hello ,

Thanks for getting back to me with the details. Here is little about myself .....My name is Wenham Christopher Nigel,I was born in United Kingdom.My father is from United Kingdom why my mother from Roma.i live in Spain for 40 years,I was sick some times ago and had a surgery on my throat that affect my voice till today , Cracking voice.i was born in 21 SEP 1948, am married with 2 kids,Am nice, faithful, loyal, honest, caring, open minded,I work with MoneySupermrket company here in United Kingdom.i dont smoke but i drink socially.i love pet,I love warm weather, tropical drinks and sandy beaches. I like to party and have fun.

Two years ago, I Inherit the apartment from my late mother who is from Roma.It's because am the only child and also here working for my company in United Kingdom and there is no way i could come to take good care of the apartment myself thats why i am looking for a reliable tenant who is going to take good care of this apartment for me in my absence

Whenever i traveled like that, I make use of house agent or a friend of mine over there but they cheated a lot on my tenants and my tenants complains alot about that. Thats is the reason why i took the keys along with me because i dont want my apartment to be used anyhow in my absence.

Also,I would like to put my trust in you.

So I hope you can promise me that you are going to take very good care of my apartment in my absence.

For you to get the place reserved we will both sign my rental agreement contract which is prepared by my lawyer, which is documented with Italian's and it is going to stand as guarantee for both of us.

I will send it to your email box and you are going to print it, read it,sign it, scan it, email it back to me and after that you will go ahead with your payment.

Your fisrt month rent and security deposit . Once your payment is confirmed by me, i will post the keys and the receipt of your payment to you via DHL courier service .it is just 1-2 days delivery and email you the shipping code for you to know when the keys will be deliver to you so that you can have your keys and move into my apartment.

Do get back to me with the below informations so that we can proceed further:

Your full name:
Your full Current address:
Nationality:
Passport id:
Date of birth:
Move in date and out:
Phone number:
Mobile Number:

I shall be waiting for the above informations soonest. Please make sure you send me your correct current address because i would use that in posting down the keys and the payment receipt to you after we must have concluded the contract. Feel free to call me anytime so that we can discuss more. +442843780018

Best regards,
Christopher