Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: Single Home <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 11:11
To: Con Warner
Subject: Re: Lead for 3457 Regency Court, Medford, OR 97504

Hello,

We are pleased that you have an interest in our house, our lovely home is still available for lease and we want responsible adults/family that are neat and also believe that you have what it takes to take care of our house as if it were Yours. The main reason our house is up for lease is because I got transferred from my place of work to (ARKANSAS), I and my family will be away for at least a couple of 6 to 7 years. We will be very pleased if we can find the right potential tenant to rent our home, a person who is a clean & responsible and does not tolerate anything that has to do with dirt. we also would like to know more about you and your family, your renting experience and how long and when you plan moving into our home.

RENTAL APPLICATION
FORM Full name:
Profession: Present Address of the applicants:
Reasons for Leaving: How long do you intend staying:
Do you drink:
Cell & Home: Email:
Single Or Married: Children:
Pet: If any ( ):
How much do you have at hand right now if you are asked to secure the property today:
Date of Tenancy:

Below is the rental property address:3457 Regency Court, Medford, OR 97504
Bedrooms: 3
Pets allowed: YES
Rent: $ 900
Refundable Security Deposit: $ 700
The rental fee is inclusive with utilities; Cable , Kitchen completely equipped, Kettle - Toaster - Dishwasher - Freezer - Microwave - Oven - Dryer - Heat - Water - Washing Machine and Electric.

You can drive by the house at your earliest convenience to see it from the outside then get back to me asap.

Sincerely
Mr Mikel.

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.

I received an email exactly word for word like this. I'm glad I came across this site. Here is the letter, copy and pasted from my email...



Hello,

We are pleased that you have an interest in our house, our lovely home is still available for lease and we want responsible adults/family that are neat and also believe that you have what it takes to take care of our house as if it were Yours. The main reason our house is up for lease is because I got transferred from my place of work to (ARKANSAS), I and my family will be away for at least a couple of 6 to 7 years. We will be very pleased if we can find the right potential tenant to rent our home, a person who is a clean & responsible and does not tolerate anything that has to do with dirt. we also would like to know more about you and your family, your renting experience and how long and when you plan moving into our home.

RENTAL APPLICATION FORM
Full name:
Profession:
Present Address of the applicants:
Reasons for Leaving:
How long do you intend staying:
Do you drink or smoke:
Cell & Home:
Email:
Single Or Married:
Children:
Pet: If any ( ):
How much do you have at hand right now if you are asked to secure the property today:
Date of Tenancy:

Below is the rental property address: (6150 Old Mill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46221‏)

Bedrooms;3
Pets allowed: YES
Rent: $700
Refundable Security Deposit: $700
The rental fee is inclusive with utilities; Cable , Kitchen completely equipped, Kettle - Toaster - Dishwasher - Freezer - Microwave - Oven - Dryer - Heat - Water - Washing Machine and Electric.

You can drive by the house at your earliest convenience to see it from the outside then get back to me asap.

Sincerely
Mr REESE & Family.

I am going to send an email to [email protected] as requested..

Welcome LindaSW and thanks for posting. So glad that the info here was helpful to you. Was the scammer using the same email address listed here? If not, please do add the email address the scam you received was sent from. Let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you! I'm sorry I didn't do this correctly did I? The email it was sent from was

[email protected]

Should I post this somewhere else too? Or send it somewhere? I'm sorry I just happened upon this site last night and I wanted to get this out there..

Its ok,

I will leave your post here for now. Con Warner may move it to its own thread.

Thank you so much. Your warning will help others.

Thank you for adding the email address, LindaSW. Adding to this topic was perfectly fine for you to do, since the scammer used the exact same text. Adding the email address will help others who may do a search on it.