by Con Warner
Fri May 24, 2013 5:16 am
From: Jakoba Hager - [email protected]
Hello,
My name is Jakoba Hager, I’m 52 years old and I worked as a lawyer in Denmark. My contract period there expired and now I've moved back to Liverpool (the city where I was born), where I've opened my own lawyer office. Due to this fact, I’m offering my apartment for rent from one month up to 4 years. The apartment is located in Sortedam Dossering 13, 2200 København, Denmark. It has 1 bedroom, a living room, bathroom, kitchen and has 70 m2.
I want to rent the apartment because I tried to sell it but I could not obtain a fair price (due the financial crisis).
The price for 1 month of rent is DKK 4000 (for the whole apartment) with no extra costs and also includes all the utilities. The apartment is fully furnished and fully equipped.
As I said before I'm in Liverpool because I live and work here now and I'm the only person who has the keys and the papers but I have a solution to solve this problem, so you can move in the apartment as soon as you receive the keys.
Thank you and I will look forward to hear from you soon!
Sincerely,
Jakoba Hager
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.
