Room for Rent and other rental scams
by Con Warner Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:37 am
Sarah Green <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi


Young ,friendly , laid back Australian female
with a beautiful fully furnished bedroom available for rent ,
in my 2 bedroom flat located : Whitaker Place, Auckland, 1010 New
Zealand
If you wish to rent it you can get in touch with me .

Privacy guaranteed no disturbance

Regards
Sarah
Sarah Green <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello

How are you? Its nice to know you are interested in getting a room

My name is Sarah Jayne Green , Australian citizen

I'm a Social Worker and really enjoy my work, i'm very friendly,
quiet,
I'm a
tidy housemate and I'm respectful of people's privacy
i love going to the movies,wine, music, love meeting new people and
very easy to get along with and i'd really like to live with like
minded people.

I'm renting out a vacant double bedroom in the 2 bedroom apartment

The bedroom is furnished with en suite bathroom & toilet (private),
wifi internet access.
Fully fitted kitchen,central heating, washing with dryer machine,
microwave oven and a parking space.

The rent is $700 per month ($175 per week) bills included $700
bond

Room is available for short or long term period

Please let me know if you're interested so that we can discuss
further
about the room .

Hope to read from you soon

Regards
Sarah


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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