Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Michelle Tue May 14, 2013 7:38 am
[email protected]> wrote:
Thank you for your response and interest in our house.

The house is very much available and it is a large, Beautiful and well maintained immaculate house. Which was formally occupied by me and my family before we left for United kingdom by the United State Christian Organization for (Worldwide Missionary Outreach)the web address:-http://www.wmo.org.i/ will love to have showed you round the house and the inside, but am sorry i am presently out on a missionary trip.I have been posted to the United kingdom. We are now in United kingdom for the Missionary work and so all you can do is drive by the home anytime. i wanted to sell it before and later changed my mind to rent it out for investment purposes since i might still come back some time 5 years or more to come. So we have ordered them to stop all advertisement about the home for sale and that will be effective asap. So i wouldn't want that to bother you at all I could not find an honest agent to hand over the place before leaving so i and my wife decided to post the property online.The apartment is exactly like you see it in the pictures, fully furnished, but I have the option of sending all my furniture into storage if you want to bring your own (no extra costs). Here is our rental application form that you will have to fill if you are still interested in this house.


FULL NAME:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
HOME PHONE NUMBER:
MOBILE NUMBER:
CURRENT ADDRESS STATE, ZIP
REASON FOR LEAVING/WANTING TO LEAVE YOUR PREVIOUS HOME OF RESIDENCE
PREVIOUS RENT
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT IS TO LEAVE IN THE HOUSE
DO YOU HAVE A CAR? IF YES HOW MANY
DO YOU HAVE A PET?
WHEN DO YOU PLAN MOVING INTO A NEW HOME

This is the Address of the Single family house: 9221 NW 15th Avenue, Miami, FL 33147

I look forward to hearing from you ASAP as I am in haste to lease out the property. Please note the security deposit is the same as the monthly rent and my property is move in ready
Rent=$600

Best Regards
You can call me anytime at: (+44 7031919572 or +447024098433)
Thanks and God bless you

David Marshall


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.
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