Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Con Warner Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:26 am
Andrew Levitt <[email protected]> wrote:Hello,

God bless you for your interest about our House. This 2bd / 2bath room
is still available for rent.
I am renting this house to a responsible and neat person or family who
has the fear of God and treat my house as his or her own.

Presently Myself and my wife have moved out of the house due to my
work transfer to(West Africa)for an international Christian follower’s
crusade.Please i want you to note that i spent a lot on my property
that i want to give to you for rent,so i will solicit for your
absolute maintenance of this house and want you to treat it as your
own, It is not the money that is the main problem but i want you to
keep it tidy all the time so that i will be glad to see it neat when i
come for a check up and we will be away for good 5 years or more and
this is reason why we are actually renting it out so if you are
interested in taking good care of our house, then my family will be
ready in accepting you as our new tenant who be fully in-charge of our
house.

Don't be surprised when you get to the home and see a for sale sign in
the home, i had the intention of selling the home once but i thought
about it again and decided to rent out the home.. The Realtor are
trying to take advantage of me, asking for too much and trying to rip
me off and it is a very beautiful home and i will always love to call
it my home. So i will want you not to bother yourself about any sign
you see in the home saying it is for sale..

If you really impress us by taking good care of our house then you
will be allowed to stay as long as you wish okay,

Here is our address of the House: (3 Tannery Brook Row #16,
Somerville, MA 02144)

So get back to us on how you could take care of our house or perhaps
experience you have in renting . Hope you are okay with the price of
US$800/month with heat laundry facilities, air condition and so on and
the deposit fee is $800... PETS ARE FULLY WELCOME! We are looking
forward to hear from you ASAP.

Please get back to me with the Information requested below I could go
through it and let you know if you are capable of renting my house or
not.

Applicant Information
Name:
Date of birth:
Cell:
Phone:
Current address:
City:
State:
ZIP Code:
Marital Status:
Best way to reach for Emergency:
Do you have a car:
Do you work late:
Monthly Income:
Do you have kids:
Move In Date:
How long are you renting:
Reason of Relocating:
Do you have a car:
Do you have a Pet:
Do you have any criminal record:

Await your urgent reply. Thanks for your understanding. you can text
me at (267) 225-2148

Regards
Andrew Levitt


This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union, MoneyGram, pre-paid credit card 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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