Rental Scammer - [email protected]

Hallo,

Die Wohnung ist noch zu vermieten. Es wurde renoviert im letzten Jahr , sieht sehr schön und sauber. Hat eine komplett eingerichtete Küche, sauber und gut gepflegt Wohnzimmer, Waschküche und voll mit nach Hause Utilities

Die Miete pro Monat beträgt 370 Euro mit allen Nebenkosten. Sie können meine Möbel, oder Sie Ihre eigenen verwenden können, ist es das gleiche für mich


Ich benutze google translate in Deutsch schreiben, wenn Sie Englisch sprechen, bitte komm zurück zu mir in englischer Sprache.


Ich werde für Ihre E-Mail warten
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

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Hello,

The apartment is for rent yet. It was renovated in the last year , looks very nice and clean. Has a fully furnished kitchen, clean and well maintained room, laundry area and full of home utilities

The rent per month is 370 Eur with all utilities. You can use my furniture, or you can use your own, it's the same for me

I use google translate to write in German, if you speak English, please come back to me in English.


I'll be waiting for your email
Sincerely yours

This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union or MoneyGram to an escrow company with a promise that he will send the keys through a courier company.

Sounds safe. It's not!
The emails claiming to be from the company are fake.

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.

I had the similar approach by a guy at www.immowelt.de

The title was: Wohnung , hochwertig eingerichtet und ausgestattet Wohnung mit Internet-2-Zi. Wohnung ca. 68 m²

Description:
500 Euro
2 Zimmer
Online-ID.: 23S5Z49 Frommannstraße 17
90419 Nürnberg, Mittelfr

He sent me this:

Hallo,

Die Wohnung ist noch zu vermieten. Es wurde renoviert im letzten Jahr sieht sehr schön und sauber. Die Wohnung is voll möbliert neuwertig.

Bis letzten Monat die Wohnung wurde von einigen Studenten vermietet und jetzt sind sie links und die Wohnung wieder verfügbar zu vermieten. Der Preis, den ich will, ist 500 € pro Monat ( WARM ), und ich interessiere mich für eine langfristige Vereinbarung, mindestens 2 Monate und maximal 10 Jahre.
Ich lebe jetzt in Großbritannien. Wenn Sie bei der Vermietung meiner Wohnung interessiert sind, antworten Sie bitte zurück und ich werde Ihnen alle Details darüber, wie diese Transaktion denke ich sicher für uns tun!

Küche: hochwertige zum Wohnbereich offene Küche, mit Fenster, gut ausgestattet, Spülmaschine, Gefrierkombination, Mikrowelle, Herd, Dunstabzug, Elektr. Backofen, Barhocker
Ausstattung: Waschmaschine in der Wohnung, Kabel-TV, Flachbildschirm, Stereoanlage, Internet - Kosten in der Miete enthalten.

Wenn Sie Englisch sprechen, bitte komm zurück zu mir in englischer Sprache.


Danke,

Then he sent me this:

Hi,

The rental is 500 €/month and all costs are included in this price, you'll don't have other extra costs.
I had a client who wanted to rent the apartment and I used a real estate to manage my transaction. We have start the transaction with a rental company and after he don't paid for the deposit. So I canceled the transaction and I paid for this 200 £. For this reason I decided that I accept a warranty from you,that mind 2 months advance rent payment ( 1000 € ).
Look how we can do this transaction in a safe way:

First we want to be sure that you have the money to rent the apartment and for this reason I ask you to send the money 1000 € through MoneyGram or Western Union on my name in United Kingdom, Durham. After, you must send me the scanned paper from MoneyGram or Western Union . You can cover all details from the scanned paper. I need only to see that the money are in UK and I will send you the keys and rental contract at your address. After you will receive the keys and the rental contract and you will see the apartment and If you decide to hold the apartment , you must give me all details from your transfer so I can pick up the money from the MoneyGram or Western Union office. If you don't like the apartment you'll cancel the transfer with MoneyGram or Western Union and you'll get all money back, after you will be able to send the keys and contract back to me to any shipping company you want.

In this way the transaction is safe for both of us.
Thank you,

and finally he sent me this:

Hi,

If you are interested in rent my apartment this is what you have to do :

1) You have to send 1000 € through Western Union to my name Vladimir Steika in United Kingdom , city : Durham.
2) After you give a copy of the transaction to me but you'll cover the transfer details.
3) I will send you the contract and the key so you can visit the apartment.
4) You will have a look at the apartment and decide whether you rent it or not.
5) a) if you'll rent the apartment, you give me Transaction Code so I can receive the money.
b) if you'll don't rent the apartment, you send the contract and the keys back to me and you'll cancel the transfer with Western Union so you can receive all money back.


Thank you

All the photos were like professional photoshop or hotel. The whole offer looked too great to be true and last but not least the flat had air-condition (which is considered as an indication of scam).

His e-mail address: [email protected]