Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Michelle Fri Jul 19, 2013 8:44 am
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IP Address: 41.138.178.100
Organization: Visafone Communications Limited
City: Lagos
Country of Origin: Nigeria
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from: Rental Home <[email protected]>
reply-to: Rental Home <[email protected]>
to: Michelle Banks
date: July 2013
subject: Re: Located on a dead-end residential street in Wakefield Square
mailed-by: yahoo.com
Signed by: yahoo.com

Hello,

Thanks for your interest and inquiries about my apartment. Yes the apartment is still available for rent and we are looking for a responsible person/family to occupy and maintain the apartment now that we are not around. My wife , my sister inlaw & I just moved to West Africa for a program called SAVING THE LESS PRIVILEGE CHILD WITH HIV/AIDS FOR RURAL YOUTH PROGRAM with the SERENA WILLIAMS FOUNDATION, the program is taking place in three major countries in Europe, Africa, UK . We will be away for 2 to 3 years or more that is why I have made up my mind to put up my apartment for rent to whom ever that will take good care of it. for more information visit our website on http://WWW.theswf.org


DETAILS ABOUT THE HOUSE..
Number of bedrooms:1
Number of bathrooms:1

Rental price: $600 per month and security Deposit is $600(Security Deposit is Refundable) Utilities included in monthly rent
Pets Welcome.
Below is the address to the Apartment : 8 Crescent Hill #1 Wakefield, MA
Get back to me so i can forward you the rent questionnaire i would want you to fill out.
Regards
Thanks and God bless you

Norman Hodson


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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by Ian Page Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:28 am
I replied to this format and after a few emails managed to reduce the rent by a third to $400 a month. Here is the request for deposit payment.

ipTRACKERonline.com wrote:IP Address Quick Report<br>IP Address: 41.138.182.113<br>Organization: Visafone Communications Limited<br> City: Lagos<br>Country of Origin: Nigeria<br>* For a complete report on this IP address goto ipTRACKERonline


<Redacted>, the only way i can receive your payment for now is via Western Union or any Grocery Store cause we can't receive the payment via bank to bank transfer since we do not have a bank account and are currently out of the country like you know but we are planning on opening an account by the end of the year or beginning of next year OK..

So you can walk to any bank that does western union payment or grocery store to address the payment with the information below:

Here is the Western Union Information:

Receivers name : Norman Hodson
Receivers Address: #89 St Francis Avenue
City: Akoka
State: Lagos
Country: Nigeria
Zip code: 23401
Secret Question: In God
Secret Answer : We trust

As soon as you have make your payment, I want you to email me back with this required information.

(10digits MTCN Numbers)
(Sender's Full Name and Full Address)
(Address where you want the package to be delivered)
(Amount Sent?)

Await your mail as soon as possible,thanks remain blessed

Norman Hodson


Note he asks for an address for the package to be delivered to when he is asking for a rental deposit and is not suppling any goods.

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