Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Con Warner Sun Jan 12, 2014 5:57 pm
Subject: Re: The Perfect Home To Start The New Year

Hello
I can see you are interested in the apartment, I am currently in
West Africa where I work as a volunteer with THE ROTARY FOUNDATION.here is
the site for more detail about why I am here in west Africa.(http://www.ro
tary.org<http://www.rotary.org/>). I spent less time in the city so I could
not get a hold on any Realtor to handle this rent issue, although it was w
hen I knew how long we are going to stay in West Africa(Nigeria) that I dec
ided to rent out the house. However, the initial plan was to sale out the
house. which I tried, but sometimes the agents inflates the price and it ta
kes longer to sell i am telling you this in case if you find the house on
another website, that is the old advert So I need a tenant to take care of
it but since I am out of the city now and We do have a Realtor before but
we had that the Realtor is not Trustworthy someone that was why we ask him
to send us our keys down here because people keep calling us that the Realt
or is inflating the price of the house at the market I have received some p
roposals regarding the rent because it is located in a very nice area, but
I still have to make sure it is rented out to someone who can take good car
e of it. It includes facilities such as water and heat laundry facilities,
air condition,internet and telephone access and a car park and other nece
ssary facilities,also comes with trash collection,pets are allowed as well
as long as they are not destructive. so if you know you are capable of the
task,get back to me with the application form,

PR
OPERTY FEATURES
1, Bedroom
1, bathroom

Address:166 Rivonia Road, Sandton 2057, South Africa
Rental : ZAR3000 Utilities Included
Heating features: Central, Electric Source
Status: Active & Available Now
Smoking: Allowed
Lease terms: Short & Long term

PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF

RENT APPLICATION FORM
FIRST NAME:__________________

MIDDLE NAME:_________________ ?

LAST NAME:__________________ ?

PROFESSION:________________ ?

EMAIL IF DIFFERENT FROM THIS :__________________?

(CELL) PHONE (____)__________

(WORK) PHONE (____)__________ ?

(HOME) PHONE (____)__________ ?

KIDS_____ (YES/NO), HOW MANY________

PRESENT ADDRESS:_____________________ ?

CITY:_______________ ?

STATE:______________ ?

ZIP CODE:____________ ?

WHEN DO YOU INTEND MOVING IN?______________ ?

IF YOU HAVE A PET,

NAME OF PET:_____________ ?

KIND OF PETS:_____________ ?

.........................................................
REASON FOR LEAVING
.........................................................
TAKE NOTE: YOU CAN ONLY DRIVE BY AND SEE MY PLACE FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT IF
DRIVE BY THE HOME YOU MAY SEE A SIGN THERE, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT
IT BELONGS TO OUR PREVIOUS AGENT SO YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO WORRY A
BOUT AND DON'T HAVE TO CALL THEM BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE HO
ME ANYMORE! IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RENTING GET THE APPLICATION FORM FILLE
D OUT AND SEND IT BACK TO ME ...


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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