Rental scammer - [email protected]

From: craigslist 3735068837 <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:11
Subject: Re: $580 / 1br - Wonderful 1 bedroom & 1 bath apartment for rent in Beverly Hills (Beverly Hills)
To: Con Warner


Hello,

Thanks for your email. I'm William Cannavan the owner of the Apartment you are in renting. Email my wife Melody on ([email protected] ) and she will attend to you better.

ADDRESS TO THE apartment : 346 N Maple Dr #8, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Thanks for your interest,

William Cannavan.

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.

From: Melody Cannavan <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 11:12 AM
Subject: RE: Interested in renting our your property
To: Michelle Banks



Hello,

Thanks for your email, My husband owns the apartment. I want you to know that it was due to my husband's transfer that made us to leave the apartment and also want to give it out for rent and looking for a responsible person that can take good care of the apartment, we are not after the money for the rent but want it to be clean all the time, So for now I am in Midland, NC in our new apartment and also I am with the keys and documents of the apartment, we tried to look for an agent that we can give this documents before we left but could not see and we don't want the apartment to be used any how in our absence that is why we took the keys and documents along with us here and would love you know that my husband is over in the West Africa for a mission of God. So i hope you will promise us to take very good care of the apartment. So get back to me on how you could take care of our apartment or perhaps experience you have in renting a apartment. Hope you are okay with the price per month with hydro,heat laundry facilities,air condition, internet connection and so on.. I am looking forward to hearing from you ASAP so that i can forward you an application to fill out and discuss on how to get the apartment for rent.

Hope to read from you soon

Melody Cannavan.