Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: craigslist 3906458158 <[email protected]>
To: Con Warner
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:11
Subject: Re: ILS150 / 3br - BEST LOCATION IN TLV A LUXURIOUS 3 BD DUPLEX WITH P RIVATE PARKING (BEN YAHUDA STREET,TEL AVIV)



Hello ,

Thank you very Much for you interest In our apartment,The Date Stated is unbooked and available in our Rental and Booking calendar.

The Apartment is a 3 bedroom apartment furnished and Lovely upgraded apartment by Interior Designer,modern bedroom with QS bed, fully equipped kitchen, state-of-the-art bathroom, oakwood floors, computer and Internet Wifi, washer/dryer, ultra-equipped, washer and dryer,traditional oven and microwave,cable TV, DVD, AC, refrigerator, cooking utensils and dinnerware.

Nightly rates are USD($) 150, while the total rates for 4 Nights would be USD 600 with discount and There is a Damage Deposit which is USD 400.The Damage Deposit will be returned at the end of your visit, provided that nothing in the Apartment requires repairs as a direct result of your visit.

A Reservation Deposit is required at the time of booking. Payment arrangements will also be made at the time of booking to ensure your confirmation.

Please note that your reservation is not fully confirmed until your Reservation Deposit has been received.

You are to make 70% payment to hold your dates down.

Method of Payment : PayPal.

Kindly get back to me if still interested.

Thanks
Mr. Knight Williams
[email protected]

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.

Thank you for posting this. I exchanged a few emails with him today about an apartment in Jerusalem. He couldn't give me any concrete guarantees for the money (full payment in order to receive that 10% discount - woohoo!) that I am going to send him, so I googled. Thank you very much!