Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: [email protected]
To: Con Warner
Subject: Details on the room in Geneva
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 11:11

Hello,
Thanks so much for the signifying your interest in my vacant room in Geneva which is still available, i so much appreciate it and i'll be able to give your more details about the flat.My name is Victoria ,Am 28yrs,professional, i like traveling, going out, ... Looking for someone independent, friendly, open minded.I have a huge a huge room to rent, the rooms are fully furnished, all the bill are included, gas, electricity, water, telephone, Internet wireless.

The apartment is located Rue de Montbrillant 75 CH-1202 Genève.The room is available from now so once we have get concluded i will be able to reserve it till when moving in, the room has a very bid bed that can sleep two people with a television connected to cable,a small refrigerator apart from a big freezer in the kitchen a private bathroom with toilet drawer,however the flat itself has the following for your benefit:a big living room fully furnished with a television connected to cable,internet facility available.apartment located on the first floor. Comprising fitted kitchen with appliances, lounge with feature fireplace, double bedrooms with fitted cupboards and brand new fully tiled bathroom with bath and shower. Gas central heating. Stripped wood floors & tiled floor surfaces throughout. Rent to include all bills.Situated close to an excellent selection of shops, bars and restaurants in central Geneva.very well placed being close to all the tube lines and public transport as well as the retail area.The rent is 800 CHF and 1000 CHF for the refundable security deposit.


Attached to the mail are some pictures of the flat and i hope you like it?Thanks while waiting to read from you.Thanks
Regards,
Victoria

PS..my skype ID is pretty4bird

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.

They are now using the alias Victoria Fernandez, Maria Victoria Fernandez Arean or Victoria F Arean

MAJOR CONMAN/SCAMMER- Has used the same intro email/info to describe apartments in New York, Sweden, Spain and France:

Thanks so much for the signifying your interest in my vacant room, i so much appreciate it and i'll be able to give your more details about the apartment.My name is Victoria Fernandez,28yrs working as a facilitator, i like traveling, going out, .... Looking for someone independent, friendly, open minded. I have a huge bedroom to rent, the rooms are fully furnished, all the bill are included, gas, electricity, water, telephone, Internet wireless.

The apartment is located at 120 W 94th Street,manhattan, NY 10025 which is like 10 minutes to midtown.the room is available from now so once we have get things concluded then i can reserve it for you till when moving in .each room has a very bid bed that can sleep two people with a television connected to cable,a small refrigerator apart from a big freezer in the kitchen a private bathroom with toilet drawer,however the apartment itself has the following for your benefit:a big living room fully furnished with a television connected to cable,internet facility available.apartment located on the second floor. Comprising fitted kitchen with appliances, lounge with feature fireplace, double bedrooms with fitted cupboards and brand new fully tiled bathroom with bath and shower. Gas central heating. Stripped wood floors& tiled floor surfaces throughout.... Rent to include all bills. Situated close to an excellent selection of shops, bars and restaurants.The rent is $950 with all bills included. and $1000 for the refundable security deposit.

I've attached to the mail some pictures of the flat and i hope that you will love it?.. Thanks while waiting to read from you.
Regards,
Victoria
PS..my skype ID is pretty4bird

Has also used the Skype name lifeisbeautiful and variations of this. Has been scamming people for several years using different email addresses and aliases but the scam remains the same.

Asks you to pay a deposit plus a months rent in advance to a friend or their mother's bank account (has used banks in England, Sweden and the US and others). When I started getting suspicious they started getting 'frustrated that I didn't trust them/emotional'. Even said I could pay first months rent when I got there and just pay the deposit for now.

When I confronted them, claimed that a con artist had stolen their identity but this is NOT TRUE as the incriminating info/description (that the con artist apparently copied from her) was first posted in 2010, three years before I spoke to them - i.e. they were lying

She sent me 'her' ID and proof of her mothers ownership of the apartment but the documents were forged and stolen (see other posts on this website).

Has a very real looking LinkedIn profile which has TONNES of detail on it but do not be fooled by this

DO NOT PAY them!

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id ... file_photo

This LinkedIn connects to the email address

https://www.facebook.com/victoria.f.arean?fref=ts

I have been scammed as well although I thought I was very careful.
I checked the picture they sent me of the living room: you can see a house through the window. I couldn´t find it on google street view.
I sent 800$ to an English paypal account (her Stepdad, she said) and I hope Paypal is giving it back to me. They wanted the rest via Western Union to a Texas Adress. (Her Mom). I didn´t send that and asked for a refund. She said her Stapdad would do that but nothing happened.
I contacted her "Stepdad": [email protected]
This address showed up after making the paypal payment to this email: [email protected]
At first I thought he might have nothing to do with it, because he said someone must have been messing around with his account and that he would send it back immediately. But he never did.
I went to the police and they asked me for all the email headers so they can track that. Please file charges at the police to help others!!!! This cannot be going on!!!!
Here is her first email. It´s the same text that other people have posted here already!!

Am 05.03.2014 um 23:19 schrieb Victoria Fernandez <[email protected]>:

Hello Nadia,
Thanks so much for the signifying your interest in my vacant room, i so much appreciate it and i'll be able to give your more details about the apartment.My name is Victoria Fernandez,28yrs working as a facilitator, i like traveling, going out, .... Looking for someone independent, friendly, open minded. I have a huge bedroom to rent, the rooms are fully furnished, all the bill are included, gas, electricity, water, telephone, Internet wireless.

The apartment is located at 150,West 119th Street,manhattan NY,10026.the room is available from now so once we have get things concluded then i can reserve it for you till when moving in.each room has a very bid bed that can sleep two people with a television connected to cable,a small refrigerator apart from a big freezer in the kitchen a private bathroom with toilet drawer,however the apartment itself has the following for your benefit:a big living room fully furnished with a television connected to cable,internet facility available.apartment located on the second floor. Comprising fitted kitchen with appliances, lounge with feature fireplace, double bedrooms with fitted cupboards and brand new fully tiled bathroom with bath and shower. Gas central heating. Stripped wood floors& tiled floor surfaces throughout.... Rent to include all bills. Situated close to an excellent selection of shops, bars and restaurants.The rent is $800 with all bills included. and $1000 for the refundable security deposit.

I've attached to the mail some pictures of the flat and i hope that you will love it?Hope you understand?Thanks while waiting to read from you.
Regards,
Victoria

The website associated with the domain manor-house-lodge.co.uk is a fake. As is the domain charltontravelodge.co.uk. These websites have been set up by the scammer in order to lure victims.

For reference, the details below are taken from the fake sites

Contact

MANOR HOUSE LODGE

57 Neal Street
London WC2H 9PP
United Kingdom

[email protected]


Tel: 08452993673

Fax: 02035407451

Contact

CHARLTON TRAVEL LODGE

27 Stamford Street
London SE1 9NQ
United Kingdom

[email protected]
Tel: 08452993624
Fax: 02035407451

www.manor-house-lodge.co.uk
www.charltontravelodge.co.uk

Both websites are in the process of being reported for fraud.