Rental Scammer - [email protected]

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He tried to scam me as well. Happily I found this site just in time.
Below the first mail he sent me. It's about an appartment in Antwerp, Belgium.
The site I found it on is immoweb.be
The advertention is not on there anymore.

Lorraine Hannah ([email protected])
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24/04/2013
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Aan: Michelle Baks
Afbeelding van Lorraine Hannah
Hello,

Thanks for your interest, i bought this apartment for my son during he’s studies, but now he’s back home in London UK permanently, so i’m renting the place for unlimited time. Before we go any further i would like to know something about you, like how many persons you intend to live in the apartment, what is your job, how old are you and for how long you will stay. The flat is exactly like in the pictures, fully furnished equipped and renovated. Also, very important, the utilities water, electricity, heating, gas, Internet, cable, dishwasher, garbage disposal, are included in the price of 400 euro per month and i believe it is convenient for both of us. All the bills will be paid by me and you have to pay only the money for the rent in every month. The security deposit is also 400 euro, and you get it back, when you decide to leave the apartment ( you will have to give me at least 1 month notice ). You can use my furniture, or you can also use your own if you prefer. I’m a Neuro-Oncology doctor from London – United Kingdom . I can make arrangements to rent the apartment from here fast and easy . I look forward to hear from you soon.

Best Regards,

Split topic - quotes added - contributors address removed - Michelle

From: [email protected]
To: Michelle Banks
Subject: RE: Immoweb - Reactie op zoekertje Te huur
Date:

Hello Michelle

Thanks for your reply

That sounds great !

You seem to be a very nice person and I can assure you we will not have any problems. The thing is that I’m in United Kingdom already. Like I have inform you before, the price you shall pay for one month of rent will be 400 euro, with no extra taxes to pay. The money, I want to revive it monthly to my bank account, so I hope it will be no problem for you to wire the money to my bank account. The apartment is ready for you, you will need only to receive the keys and the contract to check it, and see if you like it.
Obviously we need a way to complete this deal, that will allow us to make sure we receive what we are after. In order of that I have found a way for us to complete the deal safely and fast, and in this way you will receive the Keys in less than 3 days, if you move fast as well. The solution is provided by a company called TNT which is similar to FedEx, DHL or UPS, which will handle both payment and delivery of the Keys.
I have found a procedure that will allow you to pay for the rent of the apt only after you will receive the keys of it and through this way you will see it and decide if you will stay in the apt or not before I receive my payment. Please click on the link bellow to the TNT website to see how we can complete the deal safely and fast directly from the website of the company where the procedure is explained: http://www.tnt.com/express/en_gb/site/h ... ivery.html

Let me know if you are interested please because I really need to take care of this matter by the end of this week or the beginning of the next one.

From: [email protected]
To: Michelle Banks
Subject: RE: Immoweb - Reactie op zoekertje Te huur
Date: Apr 2013

Hello,

I want to tell you that if you are ready to proceed with this transaction I will need to inform you the steps about how this service works.
Like I said, I will pay for a 3 days delivery so you will receive the Keys and the contract signed by me right away. I will explain to you step by step how this will work:
1 - To start this transaction i will need to know your full shipping information, full name, full shipping address to proceed with this deal .
2 - I go to the TNT Office and leave the Keys and the contract in your name as the intended receiver.
3 - TNT will check the envelope to see if everything is OK with it and also the legal papers that will come along with the Keys.
4 - TNT will send you a delivery notification to let you know they have the Keys and the papers in their custody, in which you will be told that they have the Keys and that they checked it.
5 - At this point you will have to go to your Bank Location and make a money transfer to the bank account of TNT Representative for the amount we agreed, the total amount you shall deposit is 800 euro ( 1 month of rent and security deposit )
6 - After you make the deposit you will have to send the infos about the money deposit to TNT.
7 - TNT will verify the payment informations and if everything is in order they will deliver the Keys and the contract to you .
8 - After you receive the package, You will go and check the apartment and in 3 days you must contact them and tell them if you keep the apartment or not, if everything is in order you will instruct TNT to release the funds to me.
If you don't like the apt they will send your money back and you will send them the keys and the contract to them to return the package back to me on my expense.

I will pay TNT Service for the shipping.

Now i must know for sure if you agree because here are a lot of peoples interested to have this apartment rented and i want to know for sure what i must tell them. If you agree what i suggested i will tell them that my apartment is already rented and i will keep it for you. If you agree then i must have all the shipping details so i will be able to make all the arrangements for the TNT delivery.

Thank you for your interest and wait news from you.

From: Lorraine Hannah ([email protected])
Sent:
To: Michelle Banks
Hello,

I already finished all the arrangements for the delivery of keys to the address you gave me in your last email.
Please reply me to know if you have been contacted by TNT. They told me that it is possible to receive the notification aslo in spam email folder.Please check your spam email folder if you don´t see the delivery notification from TNT in your Inbox.
I've put into the envelope the flat keys and 2 copy's of the contract.
About the contract, I've let blank the rent period field for you can fill it. Also if you agree to rent the apartment you have to sign the contract and send to me one copy through email or Fax, but I think is more easy to send it through email.
I have an British bank account, so the rest of rent payments you can send it there.
For a fast and easy transaction you can make the transfer to TNT online from your bank account, I did the same when I used this kind of service before, and after I made the transfer, I just sent by email a print screen with the confirmation (to show them that the money was transferred from my account).

Got the same mail + the advert is gone now (Immoweb - Antwerp):


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