Room for Rent and other rental scams
by dagonza3 Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:37 pm
Hi, I want to share this ad that I found it was actually a fraud. Here are the messages / Hola, quiero compartir este aviso que descubrí que era en verdad un fraude. Aquí están los mensajes de este infeliz conchadesuamadre:

Thanks for your swift response regarding my property, the home is currently vacant and it is available for move in.
The home comes with two parking spots, a storage unit where you can deposit my furniture (if you don't like it and you want use your furniture).
The apartment looks exactly the pictures, fully furnished and renovated. I bought this apartment for my daughter during her studies practice in Chile, but now she's back home permanently, so I'm renting the place for unlimited time.

Now, a little bit about myself so we can get to know each other better. My name is Gerard Burchell and I'm a 58 years old graphic designer from London /United Kingdom, planning to retire in the next 2 years.
I have a lovely wife,Sarah and a 25 year old daughter, Maria. I am very proud to say that soon I'm going to be a grandfather . Another member of our family is a 8 year old Labrador which we all love, so, I have no problem if you will keep pets.
The only inconvenience is that my job doesn't allow me to leave London even for one single day.
But this won't affect you at all. I can make arrangements to rent the apartment from London (on my expense of course).

Looking forward to hear from you soon.

All the best from United Kingdom!

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Hello again,
Thank you for answer me so fast.
The price for one month of rent is 450 000 $ including all the utilities costs .
Of course I would need one warranty month as well of 450 000 $ , which you would get back when you will leave the apartment(you will have to give me at least 30 days notice).

I am not interested to make a lot of money from the rent as I am interested to find a tenant that will take goof care of the property.I wish to rent my apartment to some nice and responsible people and in order to do that I have to know a some details about you (Your name,address,like how many persons are you planning to live in the apartment, for how long, if you have a steady income, etc.). You should also know that I appreciate sincerity very much.
Because didn’t had time to find a trustworthy person, don’t have any friends in the area to send the keys I found an alternate solution in order to close the transaction safe for the both of us ,a company who will handle the payment and keys + contract delivery, it is an international company called TNT Rentals,please visit there website( http://www.tnt.com/express/en_gb/site/h ... ivery.html ).

They will provide assistance in handling the payment and delivery of the Keys and Lease Agreement. With this procedure you will be able to check the apartment and after that they will pay me or no depend if you will keep the apartment or not.

To avoid any misunderstanding i will glad explain you step by step how the transaction work if you are interested.
Looking forward to receiving your response.
Thank you

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Hi,
After analyzing all the applications together with my wife, we decided that you would be suitable to rent our apartment.
I want to inform you that TNT will hold the money until you will confirm to them that you like the apt and keep the keys. If you don't like it, you only have to return the keys to them after they will refund the money to you.
I will explain to you step by step how this will work:
1 - To start this transaction i will need to know your full shipping information, full name, full shipping address to proceed with this deal .
2 - I will go to the TNT Company office to drop off the keys and documents of the house, along with the rental contract.
3 - TNT will check the documents to make sure I am the actual owner of the flat, then, they will send you an invoice.
4 - After the rental company send you the invoice, you’ll have to pay the money for the first month and the security month to TNT Company, according to the instructions from the invoice. This will be a guarantee that they don’t send an agent all the way to your country for a joke. The deposit will be just a formality, and it will not commit you to renting the apartment.

The money will remain in the custody of TNT Rental Company until you have checked the flat and confirmed that everything is good.
After you pay the deposit, and send them the details, TNT Company will send an agent to your country in the next 24-48 hours (Monday to Friday) and will delivery you the keys at your house door and then you will go with him at the apartment to inspect it.
You can also decide which date and time will fit your schedule best for the inspection.

5 – If you will be satisfied with the flat, you will sign a copy of the contract. However, if you are not pleased with the apartment for any reason, the TNT Rental Company agent will give you the money back on the spot, and I will get my keys and documents back.
I will pay for the services of the agency, so there will be no extra costs for you.
Also, in case you have another apartment right now, and you cannot move out immediately, we can make the deal as I explained it now, and consider it only an inspection and reservation.

If you want to begin, please give me the details which I requested above, so I can make the arrangements.
I am waiting for your quick response, because there are several others interested in the apartment, and I need to know if I can count on a deal with you.

Thank you,
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