Rental Scammer - [email protected]

The scammer using the name David Suarez <[email protected]> sends a spoof email claiming to be from Realtor.com

From: Realtor.com <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 11:11
Subject: Invoice ID #KMM12907183I15977L0HG - Pending! Congratulations on your tenancy approval. Realtor.com
To: Con warner




Invoice ID #KMM12907183I15977L0HG - Pending

Congratulations on your tenancy approval. Realtor.com enables any business or consumer with an email address to securely and cost-effectively send and receive payments online in real-time! The Tenant checks the property before authorizing the payment, and allows the Landlord to use a safe way of accepting payment by money orders!

About Company

Realtor.com reduces risks associated with Internet transactions by acting as a licensed neutral third party for online transactions. The package will remain in our custody until the prospective tenant will send the payment through a Money Order Service. After verifying the funds, Realtor.com is ready to deliver the parcel to the designated address.

You are receiving this e-mail because you are involved in a rental process, your landlord requested to use Realtor.com. Realtor.com offers a set of services that build protection into every step of the rental process. The Realtor.com Service is your safety net in the rare occasion that something goes wrong.

The Realtor.com process relies on email as a way to keep the prospective tenant and landlord informed at all steps of the process. Please ensure you check your email at least once a day if you are involved in a rental process.
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1. Prospective Tenant and landlord agree to use Realtor.com. Landlord starts the process.
2. The prospective Tenant pays Realtor.com a security deposit. Realtor.com holds this money until the keys and contract are received by the prospective Tenant.
3. We deliver the keys and signed contract using an approved courier and we will also provide a tracking number so you can track the package.
4. The prospective Tenant receives, signs for the package and inspects the property in question.
5. Realtor.com pay the landlord - rental process completed.
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Invoice ID: #KMM12907183I15977L0HG
Transaction Date: September 13, 2013
Payment Deadline: September 15, 2013

http://pics..ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/ast ... 10.gifHome Owner's Details:

Full Name
David Suarez
Address
V. Mignosi 12
City
Rome
Postal Code
00139
Country
Italy


http://pics..ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/asteriskG_10x10.gif Prospective Tenant's Details:

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Service:
Handled by:
Realtor.com - Online

DHL Express Shipping
Guaranteed delivery:
24 hours after Payment Confirmation
Description of Goods:
Apartment and Interphone/Digiphone Keys, Viewing Permit,
Additional Services:
None
Inspection:
Guaranteed by Realtors International

Delivery:
$ 0.00
* *Note: Delivery expenses are covered by the home owner.
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Service Information: Tracking Number: Pending

Package Information:
Property keys and rental contract verified by Realtor and signed by David Suarez, Owner of property in question, located at this address:

2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms , 153 E 53rd Street New York, NY 10022 ?, United States

Declared Monthly Rent Value: $ 2.300,00
Security Deposit: $ 900,00
Total Amount To Pay: $ 3.200,00 - Representing Rent + Security Deposit
Delivery Costs: $ 0.00
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Payment Information and Instructions
How to make the payment to our agent?
Locate the nearest Western Union office click here.

You can pay with cash at any Western Union Office and have payment sent to the Realtor.com Agent. That frees the seller to confidently send you the keys and documents - saving you days of waiting

It's Easy:
Visit any one of Western Union nearly 45,000 Agent locations and fill out the appropriate Western Union form to send your payment in cash.
Your payment is typically sent within minutes .

It's Convenient:
There are nearly 45,000 Western Union Agent locations nationwide. Many are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Several IDs and utility bills are required before the funds are paid. Therefore, no one else only the agent Realtor.com can pick up the money. Your payments cannot be lost in the mail, like money orders or check.

Make the payment using money transfer to our Realtor.com Agent name listed below and send the total amount of $900.00

Full name
Javier Pinto
Address
V. Livorno 15
City
Rome
Postal Code
00162
Country
Italy

E-mail us the transfer details for the verification with the following information from the Western Union receipt by replying to this message:

* MTCN# (10 digits control number)
* Sender's, full name and address
* Receiver's full name
* The total amount you've sent



We strongly recommend that you confirm the payment by e-mail.

Once you've completed the payment, please send us the payment details for verification as soon as possible to: [email protected]


Note: To avoid Western Union fees you will have to declare at the Western Union office that the money will be sent for a relative or friend (the transfer commission will be smaller 3~5%). For online payments, you could pay 10~12% transfer commission. The payment must be made at a Western Union Agency, in person,with cash by the Tenant. We can't confirm any payments made online.
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Important notice:

Once the payment is done and the verification is complete, we will proceed with the delivery of the package. We will inform the Home Owner that the payment was sent and that the package was delivered as soon as we get the payment confirmation. Just follow the instructions above.
Realtor.com goal is for every online transaction to go as planned safely and without surprises. We have verified the Landlord’s identity, financial stability, and ability to honor their rent terms and conditions.
If the Landlord does not meet the terms of transaction, you will get a full refund. Guaranteed. Best of all, the Realtor.com. Service is completely free to you. The refund is sent to your bank account, or by check or money order. The way you receive the refund is your choice. Refund requests are processed within 24 hours .
The Landlord delivers the package to Realtor.com for full evaluation of content. Realtor.com offer you a 3 days inspection period, so if by the reason you refuse the property, Realtor.com will return the money to you.
The payment details are confidential and will not be released under any circumstances.

http://pics..ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/ast ... 10.gifHelp !
If you have an additional question about this transaction, email us at Customer Support or just reply to this email or by chat:




* Keep this email for your records



Sincerely,
Customer Care Representative
REALTOR.com Customer Care

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.

David Suarez <[email protected]> wrote:

Thanks for your kind interest ,

My name is David Suarez, the owner of the apartment .I bought this apartment for my daughters during their studies in US, but now they come back home in Italy permanently, so I'm renting the place, even for long and short period.

The apartment has 2 Bedrooms ,2 Bathrooms (cold/hot water, electricity, wireless broadband Internet, digital TV, 1 parking spots for 2 cars, dishwasher, garbage disposal, microwave, refrigerator, washing machine) .The neighborhood is very well served with public transportation,park playground, shops,supermarkets ,you can easily get things needed.

The rent is $2,500 per month, security deposit is $1,300 and you get it back at the end of contract or when you decide to leave the apartment.

Before we go any further I would like to know a little something about you, like how many persons you intend to live in the apartment, and for how long.

Thank you