Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Con Warner Wed Sep 04, 2013 5:09 pm
From: Sabrina Field <[email protected]>
To: Con Warner
Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 11:11
Subject: Re: $900 / 3br - Nice 3 bedroom 2baths home (Levittown, PA)

Hi ,
How are you? Thanks for the interest in my house, my house is still available for rent and is located at 10 Disk Lane Levittown, PA 19055 quite and safe neighborhood. I only need someone that can occupy of the house at my absence because right now am not around I just secured a contract in Cairo Egypt which is why i am looking for someone to occupy the house. And am here with the house keys and document, I tried to look for management before i left but we couldn't get along well, I would have given the agent this job but the truth of the matter is that the agent is charging me much fee to handle it and this has pissed me off which is why i decided to handle it myself.. So If you know that you have a good reference and a good credential you can email me back to secure and occupy my house at my absent.

NB: You can go check the neighborhood and get back to me for further discussion, any sign post will be removed once i get any responsible tenant so you ignore the sign post cause i have stop dealing and contacting the Realtor for too much fees i pay them to handle it for me.

General house description:
3 full, 1 Bath Square Footage (Approx) 1216 sqft Large 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. There is also high speed wireless internet access, Air Conditioning.
Pets acceptable (deposit required) and the security deposit which is $500, References a must. Hope you are Okay with the rent fee of $900 per month, get back to me asap because i need a tenant urgently and so i can also forward the application form to you, if you are interested. And i am looking to lease the house for a long period of time but i will prefer a year to year lease or 6 months lease if that is okay with you. Have a nice day.

Sabrina.


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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