by Con Warner
Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:07 am
From: Lami Phillips - [email protected]
Hello,
Thank you again for your mail. We are pleased at your level of responsibility.
We received plenty of e-mail from interested applicants for this apartment, but have singled you out and hope that you would be able to take very good care of the apartment and we wouldn't have a problem with you as regards payment of rent whenever due. We are a very understanding family.
I have attached some lovely pictures of the apartment to this e-mail for you to see.
The rent includes all the utilities such as heat, cable e.tc.
The monthly rent is $750 while the security deposit is $600 and to move in, you would be required to make payment for the security deposit after which the keys and papers relating to the apartment will be delivered to you at your current address which you have provided earlier so you can be able to go take a look at the apartment. It will get to you in 48 hours from when it is sent. Also inclusive in the parcel will be a Letter of Authorisation which authorizes you to have a view of the apartment at owners absence without any questioning.
The apartment is very available for you to move in ASAP pending on when you let us know when you shall be getting the security deposit across to us so that we shall dispatch the keys and documents to you for you to move in. As soon as you have received those and checked out the apartment to be in good condition, then you can sign up the lease.
Below are the documents contained in the parcel that we shall be sending to you:
1. Entrance and the rooms Keys.
2. Lease Agreement document (Containing your reference details).
3. The property documentary file.
4. Payment Receipts.
5. Letter of Authorisation/ C of O / A Police Clearance.
Below is the information with which you can make payment for the security deposit via western union:
Name: Lami Phillips
City: Ikeja
State: Lagos
Postal code: 23401
Country: Nigeria
Test question: What time?
Test answer: 48 hours
Amount: $600
After you have made the payment for the deposit, forward to me the payment details such as below:
Sender's name........
Sender's address..........
Money Transfer Control Number (10 digit MTCN).........
As soon as this payment is confirmed, then we shall dispatch the parcel containing the keys and documents relating to the apartment to your delivery address and to be delivered to you within 24 hours. You shall be getting the tracking information for this delivery so you will be able to monitor its shipment until it gets to you.
You are required to confirm your delivery address once again to avoid error in delivery:
Lami Phillips.
Phone number (Call or Text):347-647-9375
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.
