Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Con Warner Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:31 pm
From: "Kevin Dymond" <[email protected]>

Thanks for your email response and am so much excited for contacting me on the house. The home is still available for rent, I am Kevin Dymond the actual owner of the house you are making inquiry off! I must confess to you that you are a lucky tenant, and i also want you to know that it was due to my work transfer that made me and my wife to leave the home with an intention of giving it out for rent. I am looking for a responsible person that can take very good care of it as we are not after the money for the rent but want the property to be kept clean all the time as it is our hard-earned property. If you are honestly interested and will absolutely maintain my property (Taking care of it like yours) as i hope i can put my trust and confidence in you. I earlier wanted to sale the house but had a second thought to rather put it up for rent, because as a matter of fact l will be coming back home in the next 4years and would need a place to live in. Presently, We are here in West Africa doing the Lord's duty for humanity, for through our direct service to mankind, the blessings and promises of God will manifest today. The house vital informative documents and the entrance keys to the house are with us, we try to look for dependable agent to handle the rent but could not find one due to the limited time we had before leaving the country. Mostly we do not want our property to be given to any sort of person to avoid damages and troubles. I and my wife came over to West Africa for a missionary work, So I hope you will be a good tenant which we've been praying to get. you can go ahead and view at your earliest convenient time.

Below is the location to our Home and more information about it!

Rent: US$400 Deposit: US$5oo Total move cost: US$900
2 Bedroom 1 Bathrooms
Address: 2842 W Trade Ave,
City: Miami
State: GA
Zip code: 33133
County: MIAMI-DADE
Pet Allowed.


INFORMATION BELOW IS NEEDED TO DELIVER THE KEYS AND DOCUMENTS!!!
APPLICATION FORM

Name (First name/ Middle name/Surname ) : __________?
Phone # : __________?
E-mail : __________?
Best time to call : __________?
How many proposed occupants : __________?
List all in addition to yourself including approx age : __________?
Present Address : __________?
City/State : __________?
Will you have pets : __________?
Please describe Breed, size : __________?
Personality of pet : __________?
Preferred move in date : __________?
Intended length of lease: __________?
Earliest possible date of deposit payment: __________?
Length of previous tenancy : __________?
Present occupation : __________?
Are you a section 8 applicant : __________?
Do you run a business from home : __________?
If so what kind of business : __________?
Do you work late night : __________?
Do you smoke : __________?
Do you drink : __________?
image if available:___________?

The Landlord is authorized to use the information provided herein to conduct any and all investigations as deemed prudent by the Landlord.
Looking forward to hear from you and you can reach me at my cell number +2348173164824. So that we can start commence on how to get the keys and document sent to you. Please have this in mind that you are talking to a very nice and God fearing family, if you find any of our question inconvenience please don't be offended but answer it because we want and like to know the kind of family that will be living in our house from day one so nothing from them will be strange to us again.

Thanks And God Bless,
Kevin Dymond


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.

Email: [email protected]

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