Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Con Warner Sun Nov 03, 2013 4:25 pm
From: "steinhardt marcel" <[email protected]>
Date: 29-10-2013 11:11
Subject: RE: Anfrage von Con Warner bei WG-Gesucht.de
To: Con Warner

Greetings,
Thank you for looking at my advert and also showing interest by mailing me.
My apartment is still very much available for rent and I am sure you want to have more information
pertaining to my apartment.

Below here are Information and details I feel you will like to know and if any other questions, please ask right away:
This is an apartment, the whole apartment is for your personal use, and the whole apartment is available for rent
The apartment cost 300 euros per month including all bills such as: water, electricity, gas, internet, phone, heating.
The internet is very fast and reliable.

PLUS:
Lovely bed with high quality mattress,
- Cabinet,
- Desk,
- Sofa
- Shelf,
- Cable
- washing machine
- Dish washer
- Bicycle parking
- Good parking
- The cellar to use
- Wi-Fi available
And more.

Also, there is parking space for car and even bicycle also in a very safe and friendly environment.
There would be another payment of 600 euros for security deposit payment which is of course refundable when the rent period expires,
provided there are no loss or damages of my property.
The apartment is located at Arndtstraße 25c 04275 Leipzig Südvorstadt.The apartment is spacious, the environment is very perfect with easy access to restaurant, supermarkets, and more.
It's location is simply an epitome of your desired environment in renting a place in a nice location and it is not isolated.

Attached are some pictures of how my apartment looks like. Kindly let me know if you will be interested in renting my apartment
so we can proceed.

Best regards,


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.

Hello again,

I will be willing to rent my apartment only if you can assure me you can take very good care of my apartment for me in my absence.

My apartment is available and ready to move in. Also, the apartment is available for both unlimited period and limited also depending on your choice, because I am presently am in the UK working which is the exact reason why I

am renting out my apartment. Also, the furniture remains in the apartment except of course you want to bring yours.

You can go over to my apartment address and see it but you wont gain full entrance into the apartment because its locked and am here
with the keys. That is the reason I tried taking extra time in taking picture of the apartment from different angles so you can have an idea of how the inside looks like.

Normally, I make use of an agent or friends but due to the way they cheat on my tenants that's the reason why i normally travel with my keys......
I own the apartment to my self and You will notice the price is very affordable and this is due to the fact that I do not make use agents, I
got tired of their charges which I believe they are unfavourable in some situations.

I work as an engineer and am married with children and I love making friends with intelligent people.

Please kindly introduce your self more for acquaintances.

For us to proceed, we will sign a rental agreement contract, this is normal and will stand as an agreement between us.
The contract will be prepared by my Lawyer here and signed by me. I will email the contract to you for you to also view and sign also.
After this, you will make the payment of first month plus deposit(which is refundable), and I will be mailing the keys to you via dhl
which you will receive within a day or two as long the address to mail the keys to you is valid. I will also make sure I scan the copy of my
passport and send it along with the contract.

Below are some information that will be needed to prepare the contract:

Your full name:
Your full address:
Nationality:
Date of birth:
Phone Number:
Move in date and out:

Kindly make sure you send me your correct and current address because I would
use that in posting down the keys and the payment receipt to you after we must have concluded the contract.
Any other question, please do not hesitate to ask for clarifications.

Kelly..
+447053836543
skype: workethics.kelly


Below is my information needed to make the payment by moneygram, I have suggested moneygram because I can receive the money the same day compared to bank transfer from Germany to UK.
If the money is done by monyegram, the same day I will receive the money and send the keys, you can even do moneygram online.
Moneygram is easy, all you need is to go to their office with an ID and request a transfer slip which you will only input your details and mine and pay some few charges and thats all, then you will give me the information needed to receive the money here with my passport which i will also take to their office here for verification before I receive it. You will be charged some money for the transfer...about 30 euros but dont worry, if it is not convenient for you, you should deduct it from the money you are sending to me OK.

Name: Steinhardt Kelly Marcel
Address: 77 Lauriston Pl, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh EH3 9HY, UK

Kindly attach the payment receipt when you make the payment and send to me for references..

Kelly.


Using stolen/fake passport with the number C34P2FM49
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Email: [email protected]

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by KathiWallace Sun Nov 17, 2013 5:14 pm
Hi!

I am SO glad I found this post, I very very nearly fell into this scam.

This man offered a 29sqm apartment in Darmstadt for 350 Euro in total, everything included, with a 600 Euro deposit. He said he would make it an open contract and we got to the point that he asked me to transfer the money to him. I had already drafted an email in which I am asking him to send me the keys before I transfer the money, that was even before I just found out about this being a scma. Turns out, you can actually never be too paranoid.

What do you propose I do now? Can you do anything about this?
btw he sent me the exact messages you posted, including the copy of his passport!

so effin' relieved... wow!
Thank you so so much for posting about this, you saved me a bunch of money!!

Kind regards
Kathi

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